Download or read book Misled by Nature written by National Gallery of Canada and published by National Gallery of Canada/Musee Des Beaux-Arts Du Canada. This book was released on 2012 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Art and the Baroque. Featuring the work of six international artists, this publication examines a recurring facet of contemporary artistic production material excess, accumulation, bravado, asymmetry, and theatricality. The impact of such art is decidedly visual and primeval, with artists creating powerfully immersive environments aimed at enticing, challenging and even unsettling viewers. Three essays discuss ornamentation, hybridity, material sensibilities, transformation and the sublime in contemporary art practice."