Cal Lane (born 1968) is a Canadian sculptor, known for creating delicate, lacy sculptures out of industrial steel products.
Early life and education
editLane was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1968[1] and raised on Vancouver Island, where she trained as a hairdresser and a welder.[2] She has a bachelor's degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase.[3]
Art
editCal Lane uses a plasma cutter or an oxy-acetylene torch to cut intricate patterns into industrial steel products.[4]
Lane's work is often described in terms of dichotomy or contrast. Fred A. Bernstein wrote in The New York Times: "The work is about the contrasts between the industrial and the fanciful, the opaque and the transparent."[2] Writing for Sculpture magazine, Robin Peck said: "The dialectic is obvious: industrial versus domestic, strong versus delicate, masculine versus feminine, functional versus decorative."[5] Lori Zimmer wrote: "Lane enjoys pushing the dichotomy of feminine and masculine by combining patterns of domesticity with these cold, harsh symbols of masculine blue collar labor."[6]
Exhibitions
edit- 2004 Dirt Lace, Wynick/Tuck Gallery
- 2007 Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting Museum of Arts and Design[7]
- 2008 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park
- 2010 Sweet Crude, Art Gallery of Mississauga; Southern Alberta Art Gallery
- 2015 Veiled Hoods and Stains, Yukon Arts Centre
- 2016 Sharjah Art Museum[3]
Selected public collections
edit- Beaverbrook Art Galery, Fredericton;"Article". beaverbrookartgallery.org. Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
Awards
edit- 2001 International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
- 2006 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship
- 2007 Joseph S. Stauffer Prize[3]
References
edit- ^ "Cal Lane". Artsy. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Fred A. (30 December 2007). "Turning Steel into Lace". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Cal Lane Curriculum Vitae (PDF). 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Cal Lane: Crude". deCordova. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Peck, Robin (2014). "Cal Lane: Veiled Histories in Steel". Sculpture. 33 (6). Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Zimmer, Lori (22 May 2011). "Artist Cal Lane Transforms Industrial Objects into Intricate Lace Sculptures". Inhabitat. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Revere., McFadden, David (2007). Radical lace & subversive knitting. Scanlan, Jennifer (Associate curator), Edwards, Jennifer Steifle., Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.). New York: Museum of Arts & Design. ISBN 9781890385125. OCLC 122932136.
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