EVIDENCE
Evidence - hand-embroidered
trilobites on eco-printed silk and wool
July
31st to Sept. 2nd, 2011 ~
The EVIDENCE
installation will be mounted at
Roadside
Attractions gallery - 911 Davenport Road, Toronto Canada.
Many
Creationists have a powerful need to cleave to a literal reading of the
Bible. They have concluded that, since the universe was purportedly created
in a single week, fossil evidence of the evolution of life is actually
an elaborate trick designed by God to test their faith. Scientific proof
of a past before recorded history is trumped by their longing for a future
beyond death. Their creative interpretation of the world has evolved from
a need for certainty expounded by literal interpretations of the Word.
Fascinated with the strange and beautiful variations of evidence that
have survived over millions of years, the artist also takes liberties
with truth, colouring her perceptions to assuage her own desires.
Evidence
presents a series of three-dimensional trilobite fossils suspended in
time and space. Each trilobite is hand-embroidered on eco-printed silk
and wool which is then sewn into the shape of rocks. Just as imagination
requires the suspension of disbelief, faith in the beauty of truth is
embodied by this suspended Evidence.
staura
in motion
Hand
embroidered plankton on screen-printed hand-dyed tussah silk
in hand-tinted wood frame
Lynn's
contribution to the 2011 edition of the Square Foot project:
9TH
ANNUAL SQUARE FOOT SHOW
NEW offsite venue- TWIST Gallery, 1100 Queen St. West (Queen & Dovercourt)
Exhibition dates: Saturday August 6th - 21st, 2011
Press/Collectors
Preview Gala: Friday, August 5th, 7pm
(Tickets are $20.00 and proceeds from ticket sales will go to local charities.
Tickets available online)
Public
Reception: Saturday, August 6th, 7pm (free admission)
Often
imitated but never duplicated! THE 2011 Square Foot Show at AWOL
Gallery is once again set to become Toronto’s premier summer
show! With hundreds of artists and over a thousand works of art, AWOL
Gallery promises a dynamic visual art experience. Be the first to see
the show at the Gala reception or stand in line (that’s right, this
is one of only a few shows which creates a line up on opening night) and
experience the artists' reception, which attracted over 1000 people at
last year’s event. The shows appeal is in the collective creative
energy of having hundreds of local, national, and international artists
in all media showcasing their work in a central location. Gallery Hours:
Wed. - Sat. 12-7pm & Sun. 12-5pm
ARADUS
VARIATIONS
Aradus Variations
- embroidered flat bugs on hand-dyed silk & screen printing
August
1st-31st, 2010 ~
ARADUS VARIATIONS
installation will be mounted at
Roadside
Attractions gallery - 911 Davenport Road, Toronto Canada.
The
Aradus Variations presents a species of the flat bug family that is
native to the Great Lakes region,
the Aradus robustus. The robustus feeds on fungi found under
the bark of dead oak trees and logs.
This explains their incredibly flattened bodies. Hand embroidered, each
variation becomes a canvas
for moods and feelings evoked by the Great Lakes. Cotton prints and tussah
silk coloured with
natural dyestuffs create the ground for these stitched flat bugs. Screen
printed patterns and images
add another design element. In this way, colour, line and texture transform
the region’s ecosystem
into a sensuous exploration of place and timelessness.
The
Aradus Variations (2010) is a part of Aqua
Reliquia, a multi-media installation that combines poetry,
textiles, and soundscapes to evoke the character of the Great Lakes region.
The project was inspired
by stories about the Great Storm of 1913, the worst natural disaster to
ever occur on the Great Lakes,
and has led to an obsession with all aspects of the region.
Click
here for a short slide show.
July
13th to July 18th 2010
- Field
Guide to Longing
Three fiber-art pieces
from Lynn's Field Guide to Longing series
will be appearing as part of the OBSCURED
METROPOLIS exhibition
at Propeller Center
For The Visual Arts - 984 Queen St. W. Toronto.
Opening Reception: Thursday July 15th, 7-10pm.
May
12th to June 6th 2010
~ Rain of Fire
An Oblique
Poetries wordsoundart piece created with ambient multimedia
artist Scott M2.
Poetry, ambient video painting and hand-embroidered silk.
Rain
of Fire marks the first installment of Intersections,
a three part series
curated by Simone Rojas-Pick and Jessica Nagy for the Launch Pad Project
for the Gallery 1313 Window
Gallery - 1313A Queen St. West, Toronto
Opening Reception: Thursday May 13th, 7-10pm.
"Rain
of Fire is a new multimedia collaboration between Scott M2 and Lynn Harrigan
that combines poetry, embroidery and ambient video painting to address
the vulnerability
of so many during these times of rapid economic change. Created as part
of their
developing Oblique Poetries series, the piece reflects the emotions of
people trapped by
the economic collapse of recent times and the false promises of the global
new world order.
Left exposed and unprotected, there is no solace in the gospels of greed."
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