Rumours of Our Breath
Border Crossings, July 1993, v. 12, no. 3, pp. 50-53
A review of the two part exhibition; Corpus I and Corpus II. Curator Bruce Grenville opts to work within the site of the human body, with processes focussed on 'dialogue',
"a term marking engagement with language which he sees as distinguishing much recent work in Canada and elsewhere" (50).
Corpus I comprises 11 post-minimalist artists whose work "marks a return to the body as a site where repetition and minimal change may intersect once again with narrative"(51).
Corpus II highlights the work of 12 artists, particularly feminist women and gay men. The works in Corpus II all incorporate linguistic turns, patriarchal inscriptions, and psychoanalytic concepts.
Together, Corpus 1 and Corpus II reinforce the "continuing commitment Canadian artists have to remaking the body as sensorium and social signifier" (53).
ITEM 1993.150 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Birthday Suit - with Scars and Defects – Lisa Steele
Choreography of the Dotted Line – Theodore Wan
Likers – Suzy Lake
Close Knit – Betty Goodwin
Structure #4 – Robin Collyer
Stigmata Diaboli – Aganetha Dyck
Illustrated Man – Gathie Falk
Souvenirs of the Self – Colette Whiten
Untitled (Mountains near Jasper) – Nicole Jolicoeur
Security Blanket: A Child's Quilt – Rod Steiger
Pale Coffin Quilt – Ruth Scheuing
Body Double – Jinme Yoon
Imago [XII] – Lawren Harris
Excerpts (Nietzsche on Women) – Barbara Todd
Hell – Barbara Todd
Girl – Mina Totino
Mary Scott
Anne Ramsden
Tom Dean
Tom Dean
Robert Flack
Patrick Traer