Dominique Rey : Pilgrims / Erlking
Auteurs : Rey, Dominique (Artiste) ; Drouin-Brisebois, Josée (Auteur) ; Johnson, Leon Bernard (Auteur)
Lieu de publication : Lethbridge
Éditeur : Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Date de publication : 2012
ISBN : 9781894699549
Langue : Anglais
Description : 80 p. : ill. coul. ; 26 cm.
Notes : Published on the occasion of the exhibition Erlking, held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery from Jan. 14 to March 4, 2012 and Pilgrims, held at Gallery 1C03 from Sept. 9 to Oct. 9 2010.
Sujets :
Rey, Dominique [artiste multidisciplinaire]
Absurdité dans l'art
Créatures imaginaires dans l'art
Art de la performance
Photographie artistique
Peinture
Arts visuels - Canada
Arts - 21e siècle
Clowns dans l'art
Artiste de Sideshow dans l'art
Résumé :
Dominique Rey is a photographer, painter, and performance artist whose work is marked by a fascination with the marginal figure. This publication documents two new series, one photographic and the other pictoral. In Erlking, Rey takes on a host of personas linked to the German and Scandinavian mythical creature that lures foolish travelers to their death. Drawing from psychoanalysis and the literay works of Angela Carter, Rey invokes personas in flux. Her painting series Pilgrims shows the influence of her involvement as a performer and attests to the intimate knowledge and experience she invests in her work. Recalling sideshow circus ‘freaks’ and 1950s burlesque, Pilgrims, explores notions of the ‘unbeautiful’ and how the unbeautiful becomes permissible, and even desirable, under the guise of performance and public display. Alterity is a central facet of Rey’s practice. She chooses not to simply document, but to immerse herself within these peripheral cultures.
Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque
Localisation : Bibliothèque
Cote : 709.2 R456d 2012