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Gammon's work involves a variety of forms and processes, including drawing, assemblage, performance, and installation. Her work explores the similarities and differences of represented and presented spaces. She does so through her use of photography as the embodiment of flat, represented space, while sculpture is the physical, presented space.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lynda Gammon|url=http://www.g101.ca/artists/lynda-gammon|website=G101|accessdate=4 March 2017}}</ref> |
Gammon's work involves a variety of forms and processes, including drawing, assemblage, performance, and installation. Her work explores the similarities and differences of represented and presented spaces. She does so through her use of photography as the embodiment of flat, represented space, while sculpture is the physical, presented space.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lynda Gammon|url=http://www.g101.ca/artists/lynda-gammon|website=G101|accessdate=4 March 2017}}</ref> She explores the interplay between remembered places and photographs of them.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lynda Gammon {{!}} Women Artist Oral Histories|url=https://women.pnwartists.ca/lynda-gammon/|access-date=2021-04-12|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Lynda Gammon | |
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| Born | Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada |
| Education | University of British Columbia, York University |
| Known for | Photography, Sculpture, Installation, Conceptual Art |
| Website | [1] |
Lynda Gammon (born 1949) is a Canadian artist and educator based in Victoria, British Columbia.
Life
Lynda Gammon was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia and completed her Master of Fine Arts degree at York University (1983).[2] She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts [3] and is also on the Board of Directors at Open Space.[4] Gammon is currently an associate professor at the University of Victoria in the Visual Arts Department.[5] Gammon established flask in 2004, a project dedicated to distribute and produce book works by artists and writers.[6]
Work
Gammon's work involves a variety of forms and processes, including drawing, assemblage, performance, and installation. Her work explores the similarities and differences of represented and presented spaces. She does so through her use of photography as the embodiment of flat, represented space, while sculpture is the physical, presented space.[7] She explores the interplay between remembered places and photographs of them.[8]
Bibliography
Catalogues
Selected books/journals
Selected exhibitions
Silent as Glue, Oakville Galleries
Recently Constructed Works, Mercer Union
Prima Materia, McMaster Museum of Art
Dormir à la belle-Camping Sauvage - Camping Sauvage, Galerie Jorge Alyskewycz
Selected public collections
External links
References
- ^ Tuele, Nicholas; Davison, Liane (1986). Art in Victoria, 1960/1986 : an exhibition held July 24-October 5, 1986 at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, BC, Canada: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. p. n.p. ISBN 0-88885-093-X.
- ^ "G101". Lynda Gammon. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "List of Members". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Contact". Open Space. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Lynda Gammon". University of Victoria Visual Arts. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Lynda Gammon". University of Victoria Visual Arts. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Lynda Gammon". G101. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Lynda Gammon | Women Artist Oral Histories". Retrieved 2021-04-12.
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- Artists from British Columbia
- Canadian conceptual artists
- Women conceptual artists
- Canadian multimedia artists
- Canadian photographers
- Canadian contemporary artists
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- People from Port Alberni
- 21st-century Canadian artists
- 20th-century Canadian artists
- 21st-century Canadian women artists