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Winner of the inaugural Sobey Art Award in 2002, Canada's largest prize given to an artist under the age of 40, Brian Jungen has been acclaimed for producing evocative work that transforms ubiquitous consumer items into inventive sculptural forms, often linking his First Nations heritage to issues of cultural identity and the global economy. This visually stunning book is the first to chronicle the oeuvre of one of Canada's most compelling young artists and includes essays from five internationally respected curators plus an interview with the artist himself. Accompanying the texts are spectacular reproductions of Jungen's most acclaimed works, including many new works created in 2004 and 2005. Brian Jungen is an authoritative volume on one of Canada's most fascinating new artists.
Brian Jungen was educated at the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Concordia University and the Banff Centre for the Arts. He lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, and exhibits internationally.
This book was published in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Author Notes
Brad Strickland was born in New Hollard, Georgia in 1947. He received a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Georgia. He has been a Professor of English at Gainesville State College since 1987. His first novel, To Stand Beneath the Sun, was published in 1986. Since then he has written or co-written over 60 novels. His books include The Ghost in the Mirror, The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder, The Doom of the Haunted Opera, The Hand of the Necromancer, The Tower at the End of the World, The House Where Nobody Lived, and The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer. In 2001, he received the Georgia Author of the Year Award in the Children's/Young Adult Division for When Mack Came Back. He has also co-written books in several series including Wishbone, Star Trek, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-7-In this third book in the series, the search for villainous Jack Steele takes an evil twist when 12-year-old Davy Shea and the crew from the Aurora discover a derelict ship plundered, its crew murdered, and a placard giving the credit to the Aurora's Captain Hunter. Determined to capture the pirate, the men follow the trail of similar murderous sites, only to find themselves the target in equally fierce battles. Davy helps his Uncle Patch, the ship's surgeon, but the casualties mount until Captain Hunter is forced to return to Sir Henry Morgan for more men. There he forms an alliance with his former enemy, the Spanish captain Don Esteben, and together they spring a trap on Jack Steele. But though they destroy Steele's armada of pirates, the Red Queen slips away, and the hunt continues. The battles take center stage here as the Aurora seems to fight her way out of one and straight into another, with lots of fighting and no concept of the time necessary for recovery and healing. Still, this is a fine yarn, exciting and believable in the authors' depiction of the lives of sailors in the 1680s.-Linda Bindner, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gr. 5-8. In the Guns of Tortuga BKL F 1 03, 12-year-old Davy Shea, his uncle Patch, and Captain William Hunter try to track down the elusive and evil pirateack Steele. At the beginning of this latest installment in a series about nineteenth-century swashbucklers, Davy and his team discover that Steele has been engaging in a sort of high-seas character assassination; while attacking ships, he leaves clues that point to Captain Hunter. Davy and his compatriots once again team up with an experienced Spanish pirate hunter, and they manage to discover Steele's secret hideout. But, once again, Steele proves difficult to capture. As in the other books in the series, the authors nicely balance a host of seafaring facts with plenty of action. The battle scenes are particularly exciting and somewhat gory; the authors aren't averse to describing the deadly effects of a cutlass, for example. A solid high-seas adventure for fans of pirate stories. --Todd Morning Copyright 2003 Booklist