Tourism I & II, Terry Atkinson : Perils of leisure, Don Gill

Published on occasion of the touring exhibition held at the CAG from February 16 - March 17, 1990.

Also toured to the Art Gallery of Windsor June - July 1990.

'Leisure, and the history of the use of "leisure time", sometimes implying contemplation and rest, is nevertheless an integral part of "the

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tour", as travel cannot be without the time to undertake it. So, if leisure does have its perils, tourism will also, and any introduction to these works must acknowledge these interrelations, and many others that these artists introduce to these twin subjects; subjects that are demonstrably vital to any history of ruling classes and the critique of the ways that we experience the extention of that domination at the end of the twentieth century.'

(Abstract from Introduction by Bill Jeffries)

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