FPA 160 Introductory Studio in Visual Art I
This library guide is intended to assist you research the life, practice and creative works of your assigned artist.
***IMPORTANT NOTE*** The Belzberg Library at SFU Vancouver has a small print collection of books and current journals. The largest SFU Library collection of print materials about contemporary art and artists will be found at the Bennett Library on the Burnaby campus, with additional materials in the Fraser Library at SFU Surrey.
It takes about 2 working days, there's no cost to you and you'll get an email notice when they're ready to be picked up.You will need to use your library card to request and to borrow these materials.
Background sources
Use these sources for background on your specific artists, including biographical details, nature of their practice, affiliations, etc.
- Oxford Art Online
- Contemporary artists. 4th ed. N 6490 C6567 2002
- Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. 1953-62. 6 vol. N 40 V6
Biographical dictionary of 20th century artists in all media, emphasizing artists born after 1870.
- Wikipedia check for links to biographical information on gallery or museum web sites
- artnet artists biographies, links to news articles and other publications; artnet monographs provide detailed overviews of some artists
- Tate Gallery Artists
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Parkett is "published in direct collaboration with important international artists, whose oeuvre is explored in several essays by leading writers and critics." You can request relevant issues of Parkett via the Library catalogue record
Entries may include leads for further research, such as the names of the artist's agent/dealer or commercial galleries who represent their work, significant exhibitions or prizes, most of which will likely have web sites with information about the artist.
Books
Documentation of artists' work tends to grow with the length of their practice and as their fame increases.
To find print or e-books on your artist, search the SFU Library catalogue. In the library catalogue, "books" can include critical works by scholars, exhibition catalogues, biographies, etc. You can limit your search by media type to find only slides, sound recordings, films (see below for details).
Search the name of the person by keyword to find any catalogue record that refers to the artist as a author or creator of a work (books, slides, music), as the subject focus of the book, or if they're listed in a contents note as the focus of a chapter.
To focus your search, use the artist's name as a subject search.
NOTE: If you do not find enough results when searching for your artist's name in the library catalogue, use the background information you've found to search for related books that focus on artists from a particular country, engaged in a specific type of art practice or affiliated with a specific art movement or group. Use the table of contents or back of the book index to find pages that make specific reference to your artist.
If SFU doesn't have books on your artist, you can check WorldCat to identify relevant writing. If you find something that you want, make an interlibrary loan request and we'll borrow the book from another library on your behalf.
Alternatively, if you find it at another local library, you may be able to borrow it directly.
Journal articles
Use the following recommended indexes or databases to find information on your topic in scholarly or critical studies journals. Many of these databases include the full text of journal articles or provide a link to the article online. Click on the link to "Where can I get this?" to see if the article is available in electronic and / or print format at SFU Library.
- Art Full Text [Art Index] (1984- ) Scholarly and research journals on all aspects and periods of art & related topics. Many full text articles.
- Art Bibliographies Modern (1984- )
Index to journal articles, art exhibition catalogues and books on modern and contemporary art. Covers artists and movements beginning with the late 19th century, up to the present day. - Humanities & Social Sciences Index (1983 - )
Index to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Good coverage of the performing arts (music, film, theatre, dance) and related topics. - Academic Search FullText Elite (EBSCO)
Scholarly and popular journals on all topics. Many full text articles. - Google Scholar Searches for scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources. Be careful to evaluate what you find on the Internet.
Media
SFU Library has a large collection of videos and DVDs by and about artists. To find these, do an SFU Library catalogue keyword search for the artist's name, enclosed in quotation marks, selecting "Movies (DVDs, videos, etc.)" from the drop-down box next to the search box. This will find any reference to the artist in the catalogue record, whether the whole or only part of the DVD deals with their work.
One particularly useful collection is Art:21 a PBS produced series of books and DVDs that provides profiles of contemporary artists and their work. The accompanying web site provides additional information about the artists, including biographical information, images, interviews, etc.
Images
SFU Library subscribes to several online databases that may provide examples of your artist's work.
You can also search the SFU Library catalogue for slides of your artists' works. Again, search for the artist's name and use the drop-down box to limit to "Slides".
Writing and style guides
Consult the following sources for assistance in writing your paper and formatting your citations:
- Writing and Style Guides - Style guides for citing sources, using APA, MLA, and Chicago styles.
- Citing Images - From SFU Library's Guide to Finding and Using Online Images;
Additional notes about how to cite artworks & exhibition catalogues, based on Sylvia's interpretation of the official MLA and Turabian guides:
MLA style
Work of Visual Art in print publications, section 5.7.6
Artist’s name. Title of the work. Date of composition. Medium of composition. Institution that houses the work (e.g. a museum) or name of the private collection (Collection of…), City where this institution or collection is located. Complete publication information for the source in which the reproducation appears, including the slide, figure or plate number as appropriate. Medium of reproduction.
If the collector is unknown or wishes to remain anonymous, use Private collection without the name.
For example, for an image taken from Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century:
Bélanger, Sylvie. He; She. 1991. Colour photograph and sand-blasted glass. Macdonald Steward Art Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph. Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Joan Murray. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1999. Fig. 270. Print.
Exhibition catalogues
MLA treats exhibition catalogues like a book or edited book, with the inclusion of the document type and date of the exhibition.
For example, for an exhibition catalogue held at the SFU Library:
Ai, Weiwei and Mark Siemons. Ai Weiwei : So Sorry. Munich ; New York: Prestel, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, Haus der Kunst, Munich, October 12, 2009 - January 17, 2010.
Adapted from the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. (2009) New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2008. PN 147 G444 2008
Turabian style
Visual sources, section 17.8.1
Turabian says to cite visual artworks only in notes, including the name of the artist, title of the artwork, date of its creation, name of the institution housing it, with location. Titles of paintings & sculptures are to be italicized but titles of photograph are to be set in roman type, enclosed in quotation marks. If the source was a published book, give the publication information in place of the institution name.
For example:
3. Bélanger, Sylvie, He; She, 1991, in Joan Murray, Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century [Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1999], 125.
Texts in the Visual and Performing Arts, section 17.8:7: Art exhibition catalogues
Cite an exhibition catalogue as you would a book. In the bibliographic entry only (i.e. list of references), include the name and location of the exhibition, followed by the date.
For example,
Ai, Weiwei and Mark Siemons. Ai Weiwei : So Sorry. Munich ; New York: Prestel, 2009. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “So sorry” shown at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, October 12, 2009 - January 17, 2010.
Adapted from A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers by Kate L. Turabian. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2007. LB 2369 T8 2007
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