Exhibition catalogue based on The Innocence of Trees: Emily Carr and Agnes Martin at the Belkin (14 March–25 May 1996) curated and written by David Bellman. In his foreword to the publication, John O’Brian writes, “In this fiercely sustained account of the works and writings of Emily Carr and Agnes Martin, Bellman puts pressure on the limitations and possibilities of visual meaning and reception. He is deliberate and unhurried in his analysis of the two chosen protagonists, taking time to reflect at length on the ideas of other artists and authors pertinent to his subject. He unpacks the art and writings of Carr and Martin with the committed scholarship and deep admiration of somebody who has been thinking about the artists for a long period of time.”
