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The Canadiana Martyrdom Series
Diana Thorneycroft
9/26/2006 - 10/29/2006
LEE Ka-sing gallery
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 7-10 pm (all night access until 7 am October 1) |
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Evolving from her Martyrs Murder series, Diana Thorneycroft produced a new body of work entitled "The Canadiana Martyrdom". Using things that are distinctively Canadian: landscapes, The RCMP, hockey players and animals living in the north, Thorneycroft created fresh scenes of Martyrdom that shifted "spiritual enlightenment towards the absurd", themes that no longer link to specific Christian martyrs but to tourism, national identity, Canadian culture and industry. The work unequivocally addresses issues about apathy and the way in which murder is consistingly being used as a form of entertainment in films and popular TV series such as CSI.
Diana Thorneycroft has exhibited various bodies of work across Canada, the United States, Edinburgh, Moscow, Tokyo, Vienna and Sydney. Her work has been the subject of national radio documentaries and a CBC national documentary for television. Thorneycroft's photo-based exhibition, The Body, its lesson and camouflage was on an eight city tour from 2000 to 2002. A book by the same name was published. Her work has been included in the 2002 released Phaidon Press publication Blink, which presents the work of 100 rising stars in photography. Diana Thorneycroft lives and works in Winnipeg.
The artist reception will be held on Saturday, September 30, from 7 to 10 pm. LEE Ka-sing gallery is a participant of Nuit Blanche Toronto - an all night contemporary art event promoted by the City of Toronto. The gallery will remain open all night on September 30 through 7 am on October 1. For more information of Nuit Blanche Toronto, please browse: http://livewithculture.ca |
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LEE Ka-sing gallery
50 Gladstone Avenue
Toronto, M6J 3K6 Ontario
Gallery Hours: 1-6 pm (Wednesday to Sunday)
416.535.6957
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