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• Winner of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) 2018 Melva J. Dwyer Award

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“While there is a growing body of work on third-wave feminism, some of which deals with art practice in its various manifestations, this book provides an up-to-date introduction to the topic in the Canadian context. The Canadian perspective is especially valuable in the area of indigenous art, which reflects on a brutal history with its own important nuances.” Diana Nemiroff, University of Ottawa and author of Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada ""In a year of so much taking stock of Canada, Desire Change stands out in its depiction of the country in 2017. The reason is in the book's multiplicity and historicity, hinted at in the double meaning of Desire Change. While Desire Change focuses on 21st-century work, it frames these essays within the context of a longer history of feminist art-making, exclusions and debate. Whatever else feminism is, it is embodied, local, and therefore multitudinous. A flattened, singular narrative of Canada is a Canada unrecognizable. It's this book's embrace of complex, messy reality that makes it a truthful depiction of the Canadian contemporary."" The Globe and Mail “The collective nature of the publication succeeds in taking stock of contemporary feminist cultural production in a pluralistic and intersectional way, bringing together essays that discuss critical artists deeply invested in the production of political thought.” Canadian Art

While there is a growing body of work on third-wave feminism, some of which deals with art practice in its various manifestations, this book provides an up-to-date introduction to the topic in the Canadian context. The Canadian perspective is especially valuable in the area of indigenous art, which reflects on a brutal history with its own important nuances. Diana Nemiroff, University of Ottawa and author of Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada In a year of so much taking stock of Canada, Desire Change stands out in its depiction of the country in 2017. The reason is in the book's multiplicity and historicity, hinted at in the double meaning of Desire Change. While Desire Change focuses on 21st-century work, it frames these essays within the context of a longer history of feminist art-making, exclusions and debate. Whatever else feminism is, it is embodied, local, and therefore multitudinous. A flattened, singular narrative of Canada is a Canada unrecognizable. It's this book's embrace of complex, messy reality that makes it a truthful depiction of the Canadian contemporary. The Globe and Mail The collective nature of the publication succeeds in taking stock of contemporary feminist cultural production in a pluralistic and intersectional way, bringing together essays that discuss critical artists deeply invested in the production of political thought. Canadian Art

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Heather Davis is assistant professor of culture and media at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the New School.

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