Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage | Passage intérieur celebrates the remarkable 70-year career of Takao Tanabe. Publisher: Goose Lane Editions. Publication date: June 23, 2026. Language: Bilingual - English and French. Dimensions: 10 x 11 x 1 inch
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Takao Tanabe: Inside Passage | Passage intérieur
by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara (Editor), Steven McNeil (Editor), Jonathan Shaughnessy (Editor), Kiriko Watanabe (Editor).
This Exhibition Catalog celebrates the remarkable 70-year career of Takao Tanabe. Beginning with his training as an artist in Winnipeg and his subsequent development as a Modernist in New York, this career-spanning book takes readers through his period as an abstract artist on the Canadian Prairies in the 1970s and his eventual embrace of landscape painting upon his return to the West Coast in the early 1980s. This last turn is exemplified by his famous series of “Inside Passage” paintings: light-bathed depictions of the Georgia Straight that evoke its changing landscape and weather.
Takao Tanabe showcases the artist’s innovation and evolution over the course of his prolific career. This gorgeous volume invites readers to engage with fresh perspectives on Tanabe’s legacy, to reflect on his enduring impact on the development of Canadian art, and to celebrate his remarkable centenary.
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
Publication date: June 23, 2026
Language: English and French
Dimensions: 10 x 11 x 1 inch, 270 pages
