Peter » ‘Mellen. as: a’ man.
- whose ideasdo not: sit well i in|

more conventional - circles: :
He is the author of “Land-.: 3

marks of Canadian Art,
(McClelland and Stewart,
$50), which: is somehow:
more than, just any ordinary.
coffee table book.

“y felt like a . student when
I wrote it because everything

in it represents: my own

-_ process: of discovery of our -
. renarkable past,’ “he says.

A Jot’ .of ‘people say that

Canadian -art. starts . with :

_ Cornelius. ‘Krieghoff ~ and .
- ends. with ‘the Group of
Seven. And most would’ be ~

‘astonished to find out that‘it-

goes back 2,000 years and —
includes several. othe art
forms besides painting.”

The book contains 116
works that are considered
landmarks in the
development of art in this
country. As well as the 19th —
and 20th centuries,
prehistoric art of the Inuit
and Indian, as well as
religious works from Quebec
in the 16th, 17th and 18th °
centuries are ~~ included:
Mellen’s -book has to be the
most complete compilation
of all forms of Canadian art
ever.

“With this book I'm trying -
to show people who know.
little about art how exciting
it can be to discover more
about it, as well as help those
who feel they already know
about art experience a

greater awareness,” says
Mellen.

Mellen’ s broad attitude to
his subject is partly due to
his experience teaching
history of Canadian art in

Toronto where he became —

“frustrated at how  suf-
focating academia is”.

“So many students come
to university ready and open
to learn and discover it all,
and they too often end up
disillusioned and
discouraged,” he says. So he
has left to form. an in-
dependant film company
with his wife.

The fact now that film
making is integral with his
perception of art is as open
as the fact ‘that Mellen was
extremely impressed by what
Kenneth Clark did with film
and art in his “Civilization”
series. His love of art and
film is evident in the book's
make-up. The book unfolds
like a movie.

Each reproduction leads
on to the next as the. reader
advances, and .subsequently
forgets that he is being
educated with details and
facts.

The book becomes an

experience rather than ‘a
* learned encounter.

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