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Ruling Out Art
Media Art Meets Law in Ontario’s Censor Wars
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Taryn Sirove
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
About this book
This fascinating account of Ontario’s 1980s’ censor wars shows that when art intersects with law, artists have the power to transform the law, and the law, in turn, can influence the concept of art.
Author / Editor information
Taryn Sirove is an art historian and independent curator based in Toronto. Her research focuses on contemporary art in Canada, particularly new media work and policy frameworks for the regulation of media art.
Reviews
Bruce Barber, professor of media arts, art history, and contemporary culture, NSCAD University:
For artists and institutions directly involved in the censorship struggles of the 1980s, Taryn Sirove’s Ruling Out Art is a well-researched study which demonstrates that their efforts were not completely in vain. This book is an excellent addition to the media and censorship historiography in Canada and will introduce a new generation to the culture wars around censorship and gay rights that were central to artists’ concerns of the late 1970s through to the 1990s – many of which persist today.
For artists and institutions directly involved in the censorship struggles of the 1980s, Taryn Sirove’s Ruling Out Art is a well-researched study which demonstrates that their efforts were not completely in vain. This book is an excellent addition to the media and censorship historiography in Canada and will introduce a new generation to the culture wars around censorship and gay rights that were central to artists’ concerns of the late 1970s through to the 1990s – many of which persist today.
Karen Busby, professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba:
Ruling Out Art is an engaging history of arts censorship in Ontario during the 1980s and early 1990s. Taryn Sirove clearly understands the relationship between those who engage in civil disobedience work, protests, and public awareness campaigns, and those who undertake strategic litigation and law reform. To her credit, she does not privilege or denigrate one type of work over the other.
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
May 15, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780774837101
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
264
Other:
31 b&w photos
eBook ISBN:
9780774837101
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
