This book presents Detroit-born, Toronto-based artist Suzy Lake's (born 1947) bold explorations of gender and identity. Along with her expansive use of the photographic medium, these concerns make Lake an exemplary model for contemporary artists. Combining a deep knowledge of photographic conventions with strong personal convictions, she produces work that both inspires and provokes thought. Beauty at a Proper Distance/In Song (2001-2), for example, challenges notions of beauty and the aging body in a society that ...
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This book presents Detroit-born, Toronto-based artist Suzy Lake's (born 1947) bold explorations of gender and identity. Along with her expansive use of the photographic medium, these concerns make Lake an exemplary model for contemporary artists. Combining a deep knowledge of photographic conventions with strong personal convictions, she produces work that both inspires and provokes thought. Beauty at a Proper Distance/In Song (2001-2), for example, challenges notions of beauty and the aging body in a society that glorifies youth. Lake installed light boxes in public places depicting highly saturated close-up images of her face. In Performing Haute Couture (2014), she modeled high fashion designed for much younger models to celebrate her maturity and authority. In Reduced Performing (2008) she utilized the most sophisticated scanning technology available to scan the entire length of her body. The questions Lake raises are as relevant now, in the age of social media, as ever before.
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Edition:
2011, University of Toronto Art Centre / Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
Publisher:
University of Toronto Art Centre / Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
Published:
2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18035280232
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Very Good+ Catalogue of a 2011 exhibition, of the photographic works of the Toronto-based American-Canadian feminist artist (1947-), at the University of Toronto Art Centre. Essays by Matthew Brower, Carla Garnet & Dot Tuer. Curated by Matthew Brower & Carla Garnet. 68 pages filled with colour plates and bibliographical references. The exhibition also travelled to or will travel to 5 Ontario galleries in 2012 & 2013. Minor grey soiling on front cover. Internals fine. Uncommon.
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VG (fine indentation to lower front board edge. creasing to spine edges. bumping & creasing to corners. ) Yellow pictorial boards w/ stamped printing. 228 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations. Signed by the artist in black marker on title page. "This book presents Suzy Lake's bold explorations of gender, the body and identity. Along with her expansive use of the photographic medium, these concerns make Lake an exemplary model for contemporary artists. Combining a deep knowledge of photographic conventions with strong personal convictions, she produces work that both inspires and provokes thought. Lake is a skilled and pioneering adapter of technology, which she employs to position photography as an art form and a vehicle of metaphor. In Reduced Performing (2008) she utilized the most sophisticated scanning technology available to scan the entire length of her body. At times explicitly political and at others quietly empowering, her photography is always rooted in a critical awareness of the self. The questions Lake raises are as relevant now, in the superficial age of social media, as ever before."--WorldCat.
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