Moyra Davey: I Confess

Over the past 40 years, Canadian artist Moyra Davey has perfected a unique synthesis of photography, film and text to critically engage with the past, present and future of the world around her. Based on Davey’s eponymous 2019 film, this title unites three main sources – a James Baldwin novel, Québécois revolutionary Pierre Vallières and political philosopher – Dalie Giroux in a chronicle of late 20th-century Quebec, shaped by themes of race, poverty, language and nationalism.Using American writer James Baldwin’s 1962 novel Another Country as its point of departure, Davey’s film also focuses on the life and work of Québécois revolutionary Pierre Vallières and Ottawa-based political philosopher Dalie Giroux. Published to accompany the exhibition Moyra Davey: The Faithful at the National Gallery of Canada, this deeply personal and highly political book seeks to examine an unresolved chapter of Québécois history from a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective that draws attention to contemporary issues of separatism, while reflecting the artist's understanding of photography and text as unique corollaries. This publication features writings by the artist, Dalie Giroux and National Gallery of Canada’s Associate Curator Andrea Kunard, and a poster insert.
ISBN 9780888849960. Dancing Foxes Press/National Gallery of Canada. pb. 168 pages. 70 colour, 21 b/w. 17 x 24 cm.
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