Eli Bornstein, a 97-year-old Saskatchewan artist, is publishing what may be the final issue of The Structurist, an international art journal founded in 1960 at the University of Saskatchewan.
The Structurist focuses on ideas in architecture and the arts – including painting, sculpture, design, photography, music and literature – pondering their histories and relationships to each other, as well as to science, technology and nature.
The issue marks the 60th anniversary of the magazine after a 10-year hiatus.
One ongoing interest has been abstract constructive art, its origins, and the future development of media incorporating structure and color in space.
The Structurist has become increasingly concerned with the relationship between art and ecology – how art and architecture can participate in preserving and protecting our threatened ecosphere.
The journal began and continued as an annual until 1972 when it changed to publishing biennially as double issues. It has been distributed to over 30 countries, including leading museums and university libraries.
For more information on single copies, back issues and complete sets, go to usask.ca/structurist.
Source: Eli Bornstein
