Introducing Suzy Lake
Toronto: Black Dog Publishing Art Gallery of Ontario, 2014
ISBN 978 1 908966 73 5
"Introducing Suzy Lake is the first publication to address Suzy Lake's extraordinary artistic production from the late 1960s to today. Lake, an intelligent and influential artist working in performance, photography and video, is a prescient image maker who interrogates ideas of beauty, ageing and the self.
"This multi-author publication considers how Lake's ideas and practice developed over time—from her hometown of Detroit to Montreal to Toronto, informed by the cultural character of each city.
"Featuring celebrated works as well as newly commissioned series, Introducing Suzy Lake reveals the richness and originality of Lake's accomplishments as one of the most important artists working today." (Taken from back cover.)
Contents: Foreword, by Matthew Teitelbaum; On Suzy Lake, by Tavi Gevinson; Introducing Suzy Lake, by Suzy Lake; Born in Detroit, by Michelle Jacques; Miss Chatelaine, written by Sara Angel; Imitations of Myself #1, written by Gabrielle Schor; A Genuine Simulation of..., written by Robert Longo; A New Scene in Montreal, by Sophie Hackett; Suzy Lake as Françoise Sullivan, written by Ruth Noack; The Natural Way to Draw, written by Elizabeth AT Smith; Choreographed Puppets, written by William A Ewing; Home in Toronto, by Georgiana Uhlyarik; Are You Talking to Me? written by Lesley Johnstone; Beauty at a Proper Distance / In Song, written by Allyson Mitchell; Rhythm of a True Space, written by Lorraine O'Grady; The Studio, by Suzy Lake; From Detroit to Toronto, by Anouchka Freybe; Acknowledgements; List of Works.
ITEM 2014.074 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Extended Breathing – Suzy Lake
Miss Chatelaine – Suzy Lake
Imitations of Myself #1 – Suzy Lake
A Genuine Simulation of... – Suzy Lake
On Stage – Suzy Lake
A One Hour (Zero) Conversation with Allan B – Suzy Lake
Transformations – Suzy Lake
The Natural Way to Draw – Suzy Lake
Choreographed Puppets – Suzy Lake
imPOSITIONS – Suzy Lake
Are You Talking to Me? – Suzy Lake
Pre-Resolution: Using the Ordinances at Hand – Suzy Lake
Rhythm of a True Space – Suzy Lake
Beauty at a Proper Distance / In Song – Suzy Lake