The most comprehensive book available on one of todays most important visual artists, this volume features images from Stan Douglass acclaimed series as well as stills from a new video work and a stage production. Stan Douglas is one of Canadas leading filmmakers and installation artists. His work, which has been widely exhibited throughout the world and at three Venice Biennales, touches on themes of modernism, politics, race, music, cinema, and theater. This book features images and stills from Douglass most recent works: Artists Cabin, Olde Curio Shop, Kardynal Shoes, Tosi Foods, Crowds and Riots, Midcentury Studio, and Disco Angola. It also includes images from two much-anticipated works: a new video piece and Helen Lawrence, a cinematic stage production. A series of essays discussing Douglass influences and themes as well as texts by the artist himself round out this impressive book.

Edited by Lon Krempel
Contributions by David Campany, Diedrich Diederichsen, Seamus Kealy, Lon Krempel, Chantal Pontbriand, Catherine Soussloff
Foreword by Okwui Enwezor

208pages
10.56 x 11.19inches
ISBN 9783791353470
Hardcover
Prestel
2014