Close to the edge... The Work of Gerald Ferguson gay studies and the cruelty of the

and the cruelty of the powerful

" — Jana Sobey

is fascinated by the life and writings of the reclusive man he hardly knew

takes its readers on a tour of the places where the Canadians fought

Close to the edge... The Work of Gerald Ferguson gay studies and the cruelty of theClose to the edge contains seven essays and statements by Gerald Ferguson that define this important conceptual artists 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, Fergusons collected writings are a unique document in Canadian art history. Fergusons writings are accompanied by 20 plates of his key