Close to the edge... contains seven essays and statements by Gerald Ferguson that define this important conceptual artist’s approach to his art and his times. Beginning with his first works in Halifax in the late 1960s and ending with his statement for his last exhibition, New Paintings — Landscapes, held in Toronto in 2009, Ferguson’s collected writings are a unique document in Canadian art history. Ferguson’s writings are accompanied by 20 plates of his key works.

David Diviney est conservateur des expositions au Musée des beaux-arts de la Nouvelle-Écosse à Halifax. Auparavant, il a été directeur de la galerie Eye Level d'Halifax et conservateur adjoint à la Southern Alberta Art Gallery à Lethbridge. David Diviney a enseigné le dessin, la sculpture et la muséologie au Alberta College of Art and Design, à l'Université de Lethbridge, à l'Université Thompson Rivers et au Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Il détient un baccalauréat en arts visuels avec distinction de la Tyler School of Art de l&39;Université Temple à Philadelphie et une maîtrise en arts visuels du Nova Scotia College of Art and Design d'Halifax.

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