Laurel Woodcock
The paradoxical phrase - sentimental conceptualism - perfectly encapsulates Laurel Woodcock's art making, a practice informed by conceptualism while infused with humorous and emotive qualities which work to undermine the movements disassociated aesthetic. Her installations use time-based media such as video, audio and CD ROMS's , sculptural components, dramatic lighting and in some instances proffer mass produced 'gifts' to the gallery visitor. Referencing cinema and mass-culture, her installations resonate with wry humor and gentle pathos while also staging quietly theoretical models about looking and feeling.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe.
She currently lives in Toronto and is Assistant Professor in Video, New Media and Performance at University of Guelph.
Artist Code: 151
Videography
2006, 02:17 minutes, colour
2004, 02:25 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 02:21 minutes, Colour, English
2003, 04:25 minutes, colour, English
2002, 03:20 minutes, colour, English
1999, 05:33 minutes, colour, English
Critical Writing
by . V tape, 2015.
by . Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2001. Guelph: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 2001.
by . Variant, Summer 1999, v. 2, no. 8.
by . Blackflash, Winter 1995, v. 13, no. 4.
by . Contemporary Art Quarterly, Spring 1995, no. 45.