Biennale canadienne d'art contemporain = Canadian Biennial of Contemporary Art

Discussing crisis of meaning in postmodern discourses, Nemiroff argues for the local, for an identity based on a shared place and history as basis from which to address both work of art and its context. In form of a voyage across Canada, 25 artists' works are analyzed in relation to problems of content, context and meaning. Biographical notes. Circa 450 bibl. ref.