Holding a line in your hand

Azadeh Elmizadeh, Collen Heslin, Lyse Lemieux, Russna Kaur, Rajni Perera

Kamloops Art Gallery

Kamloops, BC, CA
July 17 - September 18, 2021

Curated by Charo Neville

“ Holding a line in your hand” presents the work of five Canadian women painters from different cultural backgrounds, at different stages in their careers, and based at opposite ends of the country. Their work contains divergent methodologies, but also strong affinities. The works include large-scale dyed canvases, site-specific wall paintings, experimental works on fabric and rope, as well as painted objects. The title of the exhibition – Holding a line in your hand – borrows a phrase from the way Lyse Lemieux has described her artistic process, which, for all the artists in the exhibition, implicates the body. Figures appear in much of the work, both through representation and abstraction, offering a bodily presence.” - Charo Neville, Curator, KAG

KAG CURATORIAL STATEMENT

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Watch an online conversation between the Curator Charo Neville, and the artists

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