TY - BOOK AU - Barber,Bruce AU - Guilbaut,Serge AU - O'Brian,John TI - Voices of fire: art, rage, power, and the state T2 - Theory/culture SN - 0802007546 AV - ND237.N475 A77 1996 U1 - 759.13 21 PY - 1996///] CY - Toronto, Buffalo PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Newman, Barnett, KW - Newman, Barnett. KW - National Gallery of Canada KW - Public opinion KW - Appropriations and expenditures KW - Painting, Abstract KW - United States KW - Canada KW - Art and state KW - Painting, American KW - Political aspects KW - Case studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Credits --; Introduction: Bruising the Public Eye --; Chronology --; Graphic Satires --; Texts --; Vox Ignis Vox Populi --; Thalia Meets Melpomene: The Higher Meaning of the Voice of Fire and Flesh Dress Controversies --; Who's Afraid of Barnett Newman? --; Voicing the Fire of the Fierce Father --; Tightrope Metaphysics --; The Sculpture of Barnett Newman --; Specific Thoughts about the Making and Meaning of Voice of Fire --; General Discussion --; Notes --; Contributors --; Index N2 - Item contains cartoons, letters, articles, essays, etc resulting from the debate (or outcry) following the purchase of Barnett Newman's "Voice of fire" by National Gallery of Canada. Also includes papers from a symposium organised by the National Gallery of Canada; Contains documents, press photographs, editorials, articles, cartoons, letters, public exchanges, symposium papers, and critical essays concerning the controversial purchase of Barnett Newman's "Voice of Fire" painting for $1.76 million by the National Gallery of Canada ER -