Disordered Attention permanent exhibitions The Pursuit of Perfection: A

The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca

About the artist Jordan Clarke:

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was a finalist for the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and named a Globe 100 best book of the year

Disordered Attention permanent exhibitions The Pursuit of Perfection: AHow technology and the politics of attention changed the way we look at art The ways we encounter contemporary art and performance has changed. How are we expectedto engage with todays diverse practice? Is the old model of close looking still the ideal, or has itgiven way to browsing, skimming, and sampling? Across four provocative and insightful essays, art historian and critic Claire Bishop identifies trends in contemporary practice. Charting a