Critical Writing Index

Rumours of Our Breath

by Len Findlay

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 DefectsLisa Steele

Choreography of the Dotted LineTheodore Wan

LikersSuzy Lake

Close KnitBetty Goodwin

Structure #4Robin Collyer

Stigmata DiaboliAganetha Dyck

Illustrated ManGathie Falk

Souvenirs of the SelfColette Whiten

Untitled (Mountains near Jasper)Nicole Jolicoeur

Security Blanket: A Child's QuiltRod Steiger

Pale Coffin QuiltRuth Scheuing

Body DoubleJinme Yoon

Imago [XII]Lawren Harris

Excerpts (Nietzsche on Women)Barbara Todd

HellBarbara Todd

GirlMina Totino

Mary Scott

Anne Ramsden

Tom Dean

Tom Dean

Robert Flack

Patrick Traer