Lyndal Osborne
Lyndal Osborne: Ornamenta
Virginia Eichhorn & Linda Jansma
For almost four decades, Lyndal Osborne has collected, ordered, classified and studied the world around her. She collects shells, seeds, plants, rocks and other materials from the natural world as well as fabricated items such as discarded wires, computer remnants, and industrial discards. The (re)ordering that Osborne establishes is based within the realm of the personal yet achieves a vast and great resonance. This publication presents two significant works, Garden and Archipelago and is the fruit of a collaboration with several exhibiting galleries. Two essays elucidate the artist’s concerns about the interaction of biotechnology with the land and related issues. Born in Australia in 1940, Osborne has lived in Canada for many years and has exhibited throughout the country.
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (06/08) 48 pp 16 col. ill. 10.5 x 8.5 softcover 978-0-921500-93-3 $15.00 ($19.95 U.S. / 12 euros)
Lyndal Osborne: The Poetic Structure of the World
David Garneau.
Australian-born Lyndal Osborne is a collector, a weaver and a maker of shapes. Seeds, pits, flowers, leaves, thistles, fungus and vegetables are gathered and woven into sculptures and installations, both strange and familiar. In his essay, Garneau cites cultural theorist bell hooks who explains that the experience of art must create a feeling of being "moved, touched, taken to another place, momentarily born again." This is what Osborne does. The delicacy of the work is reflected in a superb publication marked by colour fold-outs and reflections by the artist.
Southern Alberta Art Gallery (2000) 41 p., 6 col. ill., 8.5x5.5 in., 0921613954 $10.00
Of Mudlarkers and Measurers
S. Dhaliwal.
Works by Canadian and international artists that entail obsessive exploration of the materials and processes of daily life. Includes: Antoni Abad (Barcelona), Maria Fernanda Cardoso (San Francisco), Gwen MacGregor (Toronto), Lyndal Osborne (Edmonton) and Regina Silveira (Sao Paulo).
Agnes Etherington Art Centre. (1996) 23 p., ill., 088911742x $6.00
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