The 100 block of Vancouver's West Hastings Street is the gateway to one of the most contested and controversial inner-city neighborhoods in North America-Vancouver's infamous and impoverished downtown eastside. Using the work of one of the art world's most celebrated visual artists-Stan Douglas-the [...]
This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot.
The book, which features essays by Alexander Al[...]
Stan Douglas is one of Canada's 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 theatre. This book features images and stills from Douglas' mo[...]