Second skin / a fleur de peau
Charles H. Scott Gallery
(formerly at Emily Carr College, Art on Granville Island, Vancouver, CA)
Vancouver, CA
December 7, 1989 - January 14, 1990
The Charles H. Scott Gallery is presenting recent works by Vancouver artist Lyse Lemieux. Lemieux graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1978 and has been an active member of the Vancouver art community. Since 1982 she has been using the image of the tunique which she has represented in various materials such as wood, glass and recently rubber. In 1982 Lemieux created an installation entitled Chez les soeurs Blanches. The piece contained twelve glass tuniques, a blackboard and green dust cleaning compound. Over the years Lemieux has continued to explore the image of the tunique .Since 1987 the works have been constructed from large sheets of black neoprene rubber.The choice of rubber as a material was based on its skin like quality and ease with which it ca be manipulated. The exhibition allows us an opportunity to see how an artist explores and develops a theme over a long period of time and how a single image can be the source of a rich visual language.
More about the Exhibition
Note: With the exception of some smaller neoprene works in private collections, most works shown here were not saved.
