Dolls on Paper Refrigerators
November 14 – 25, 1989
Artist Talk, Exhibition
About the Program
Autobiographical drawings can be a powerful tool for self-discovery and resolution. In Margaret Atwood's novel Cat's Eye, painter Elaine Risley returns to Toronto after several years in Vancouver for a retrospective of her work. In the process of installing and previewing the show, the artist is confronted with the ghosts of her past and comes to an understanding of its tyrannies. In a similar way, Gail Carney's work on paper uses personal symbolism and allegory to evoke both conscious and unconscious dilemmas. Her personal vocabulary of symbols is not, however, self-absorbed and preoccupied but offers us images that luminously evoke common concerns. Dolls on Paper Refrigerators explores ancient themes from Greek mythology and Krishna tales to more modern and personal symbols, such as refrigerators. An artist slide talk was given on November 16, 1989.Artist
Gail CarneyIdentifier
1989.1114 DOLCollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLocation
grunt gallery (first location)209 E. 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 1J8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
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