Lyn Carter: Material Becomings
Corinna Ghaznavi
Lyn Carter's work combines intricate textile surfaces with sculptural forms and this publication documents two works exhibited in two different locations: Columna, originally presented the 3rd Guangzhou, China Triennial in 2008; and Beacon, created especially for this exhibition. Carter’s works hover between sculpture and abstract painting. The shapes themselves become both positive and negative, opening up larger play of space, colour, texture and illusion. While they are material bodies themselves, the works animate the space around them, prompting the viewer to question their perception. Since 1986, Carter has exhibited extensively across Canada at institutions such as the Textile Museum of Canada and The Power Plant.Cambridge Galleries and Peel Art Gallery (01/2012) 32 pp 15 col. ill. 14 x 8 in softcover 978-1-897001-48-6 $15.00 Can. $18.00 U.S. (12 €)
Lyn Carter: Incognito
Carolyn Bell & Sarat Maharaj
Using her strong background in textiles, Carter produces wall-mounted sculptures made from patterned cloth and everyday objects. The fabrics reference art history and reflect textile traditions from a variety of world cultures. Interwoven with objects such as plates and platters, her works heighten the antagonism between traditional women's work and male-dominated industrial production.
Southern Alberta Art Gallery / Tom Thomson Art Gallery (02/2007) 60 pp 28 col. ill. 8 x 8 in softcover
978-1-894699-35-8 $20.00 Can./U.S. (16 euros)
Semble: Lyn Carter, Ginette Legaré & Jeannie Thib
Jeanne Randolphe & Susan Gibson Garvey
The publication's title alludes to the multiple lives of the sculptural constructions of the three artists and their affinities with places once known as "the domestic sphere" but more properly identified as the familiar, intimate and subconscious. Well-known psychiatrist and art theorist Randolph uses the works as a springboard for a meditation on affluence and consumerism, questioning distinctions made between creativity and productivity. Garvey finds the common thread binding together all these highly diverse objects: the tension of possibility and the constant flux of becoming/unbecoming. Cater, Legaré and Thib are Ontario-based and have exhibited widely, most notably at The Power Plant, Vancouver's Contemporary Art Gallery and the Leo Kamen Gallery. In English and French.
Dalhousie University Art Gallery (2002) 48 pages, 16 col. ill. 8x9 in. 0770327427 softcover $10.00 (Can./U.S.)