Installation view, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University.
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Vicious Circle
2001 Ribbon, pins
Based on a Baroque calligraphy design, Vicious Circle is a three-dimensional piece where process, scale and material evoke sensuality. I was interested in creating a large-scale piece that was highly complex, fragile, and ephemeral. The piece is comprised of several hundred feet of one-inch wide ribbon held in place by straight pins. The ribbon is unfurled bit by bit to create a display that evokes the ease and fluidity of calligraphy, yet in a precarious and temporal manner.
Exhibition history: OCAD Gallery, 1998; Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, 2000 (25 Years, 25 Artists, Faculty of Fine Arts Exhibition).
Vicious Circle, inspiré d’un motif calligraphique Baroque, est une œuvre à trois dimensions où le matériel et le processus évoquent la fluidité et la sensualité de la calligraphie.