When This You See... by Elaine Reichek This book features a 1996-1999 series of thirty-one embroidered samplers by contemporary American artist Elaine Reichek. Traditionally, samplers framed truisms, homiles, and lessons within decorative patterns and motifs, but Reicheck replaces these familiar sayings with witty combinations of quotations from mythology, literature, science, art history, and popular culture. The astonishing results operate on myriad levels ranging from societal critiques, to male-female relations, to questioning the meaning of art, and in so doing, they challenge the austerity of "high" art with humour and sophistication. CL, ISBN: 0807614602 $35.00 (Can. $52.50)