Catherine Crowston, Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Jonathan Shaughnessy 

With a focus on six Canadian contemporary artists who emphasize material excess, ornamentation and theatricality in their production, Trompé par la nature features spectacular installations that explore hybridity, natural processes and the viewer’s experience.  The catalogue accompanies an exhibition by the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Alberta, and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.

Featured artists: David Altmejd, Lee Bul, Bharti Kher, Tricia Middleton, Yinka Shonibare, and Sarah Sze.

Paper | 72 pages
17.5 x 25 cm (6.9 x 9.8 in.) 
Publication Date: 2012

This magnet features the scultpure Untitled (Caribou-human transformation?) (1998) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

6.5 x 9 cm (2.5 x 3.5 in.)

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the scultpure Untitled (Caribou-human transformation?) (1998) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
Blank inside. Envelope included.

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the artwork Untitled (Creature with Fangs) (2004) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
Blank inside. Envelope included.

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This magnet features the artwork Untitled (Figures on Iceberg) (2004) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the artwork Untitled (Figures on Iceberg) (2004) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
Blank inside. Envelope included.

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the scultpure Untitled (Men Shooting Up through the Ice) (2005) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
Blank inside. Envelope included.

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Lori Pauli

Recognized as one of Canada's most eloquent interpreters of landscape, Geoffrey James has been making photographs since the early 1970s. His first photographs, images of gardens, express classical notions of beauty as they reveal the geometry and underlying structures of the formal garden. These small panoramic photographs evoke a quiet passion for the great landscape schemes and natural sanctuaries of the past. In his most recent work, James pays particular attention to the way in which nature and culture intersect. While not concerned with "Romantic" notions of "the ruin," his photographs do suggest a fall from grace.

Hardcover | 176 pages
Publication Date: 2008

Lori Pauli

Recognized as one of Canada's most eloquent interpreters of landscape, Geoffrey James has been making photographs since the early 1970s. His first photographs, images of gardens, express classical notions of beauty as they reveal the geometry and underlying structures of the formal garden. These small panoramic photographs evoke a quiet passion for the great landscape schemes and natural sanctuaries of the past. In his most recent work, James pays particular attention to the way in which nature and culture intersect. While not concerned with "Romantic" notions of "the ruin," his photographs do suggest a fall from grace.

Hardcover | 176 pages
Publication Date: 2008

Cornelia Homburg, Anabelle Kienle
Joseph J. Rishel, Jennifer A. Thompson

Vincent van Gogh’s profound love of nature has often been taken for granted but has rarely been studied in detail. While he has long been admired for his dazzling use of intense colour and expressive brushwork, it is his innovative representation of nature that makes him a truly modern artist and is the focus of Van Gogh: Up Close. This exhibition, which has been organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, concentrates on Van Gogh’s French period, from 1886 to 1890, and highlights how he conveyed his intense response to the natural world – whether this was a landscape, a still life, or the rendering of a single blade of grass – through a number of different, and often radical compositional strategies.

Softcover | 290 pages
Publication Date: 2012

Cornelia Homburg, Anabelle Kienle
Joseph J. Rishel, Jennifer A. Thompson

Vincent van Gogh’s profound love of nature has often been taken for granted but has rarely been studied in detail. While he has long been admired for his dazzling use of intense colour and expressive brushwork, it is his innovative representation of nature that makes him a truly modern artist and is the focus of Van Gogh: Up Close. This exhibition, which has been organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, concentrates on Van Gogh’s French period, from 1886 to 1890, and highlights how he conveyed his intense response to the natural world – whether this was a landscape, a still life, or the rendering of a single blade of grass – through a number of different, and often radical compositional strategies.

Softcover | 290 pages
Publication Date: 2012

Brian Jungen (b. 1970)
Vienna, 2003

Jungen is renowned for repurposing objects from contemporary culture to reflect Indigenous concerns. Meant to resemble the skeleton of a whale, an endangered animal considered by many Indigenous peoples to be of great spiritual power, Vienna is constructed out of inexpensive patio chairs made of plastic, an indestructible material.

9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Brian Jungen (b. 1970)
Vienna, 2003

Jungen is renowned for repurposing objects from contemporary culture to reflect Indigenous concerns. Meant to resemble the skeleton of a whale, an endangered animal considered by many Indigenous peoples to be of great spiritual power, Vienna is constructed out of inexpensive patio chairs made of plastic, an indestructible material.

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
Blank inside. Envelope included.

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Clarence Gagnon (1881-1942)
Village in the Laurentian Mountains, 1925

Gagnon is best known for his rural Quebec landscape paintings. Although he trained and maintained a studio in Paris for much of his career, he never lost his love of the Laurentians and the Charlevoix region of eastern Quebec, which inspired many of his paintings.

9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.)

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Robin Laurence, Mary Reid & Josée Drouin-Brisebois

For over three decades, Wanda Koop has created an overwhelming body of work. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Wanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience, organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada, this beautifully illustrated catalogue presents a selection of paintings, as well as a number of video works.

Paper | 164 pages
27 x 23 cm (10.6 x 9.1 in.) 
Publication Date: 2011

This switch plate features a detail from Claude Monet's painting Waterloo Bridge: Effect of Sunlight in the Fog (1903) in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Made for single gang toggle switch
11.43 x 6.98 cm (4.5 x 2.75 in)

This magnet features the artwork Winter Bird (1984) by Pudlo Pudlat (1916–1992). 

9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.) 

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Related Exhibition: Winter Count: Embracing the Cold

This notecard features a detail of the artwork Winter Bird (1984) by Pudlo Pudlat (1916–1992). 

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.) 
Blank inside. Envelope included. 

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada 

Related Exhibition: Winter Count: Embracing the Cold

This magnet features the artwork Winter Brook (1908) by Gustaf Edolf Fjæstad (1868–1948). 

9 x 6.5 cm (3.5 x 2.5 in.) 

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Related Exhibition: Winter Count: Embracing the Cold

This notecard features a detail of the artwork Winter Brook (1908) by Gustaf Edolf Fjæstad (1868–1948). 

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.) 
Blank inside. Envelope included. 

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada 

Related Exhibition: Winter Count: Embracing the Cold