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File:Detail from Jesus Had A Sister Productions.jpg
detail from Jesus Had A Sister Productions, 1997

Dana Wyse (born August 9, 1965 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian writer and visual artist.

Life

Wyse received her BFA from the University of British Columbia in 1991. She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] [citation needed]

Work

Wyse’s early career was characterized by photography works exploring Canada and its history and environment.[2] Photography works by Wyse can be seen in the book Vancouver: A History in Photographs[3]. In 1996, Wyse began her best known artwork, a pill-themed installation called Jesus Had A Sister Productions.[4][5] It is a work-in-progress to which the artist adds new elements each year.

Jesus Had a Sister Productions

This work, Wyse's longest running work, takes the form of a fictional pharmaceutical company.[6] Each instalment is a series of pills, sprays, occasionally children’s toys and other media.[7] These objects are packaged in plastic with a cardboard heading stapled to the top that lists their purpose. The work dissects aspects of human relationships such as trust, love, communication, pleasure and power. Woman's utopic quest for perfection, achieved in instant time, is the underlying philosophy of Jesus Had A Sister Productions.[8] Wyse incorporates advertising images from the 1960s into her work to underline the absurdity of these images as well as woman's lust for shopping and mass consumption.[9]

Exhibitions

Wyse has participated in many solo and group exhibitions. The artist had solo exhibitions at Artcore Gallery in Toronto (2001), Third Avenue Gallery in Vancouver (2001), Galerie Anton Weller in Paris (2001), Torch Gallery in Amsterdam (2002), New Art Barcelona (2002), and many other locations.[10]

Collections

Dana Wyse has works on permanent display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Les Abattoirs and the Museum of Modern Art de la Ville de Paris.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Rebecca Container Gallery - Dana Wyse". www.rebeccacontainer.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Amanieux, Laureline (2014). "Magie Instantanée". Muze: 24–27.
  3. ^ Vogel, Aynsley (1993). Vancouver: A History in Photographs. Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 9781551530765.
  4. ^ Azimi, Roxanna. "When art imitates business". The Guardian. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "Dana Wyse, les 10 ans de Jesus Had A Sister Productions™". Art Press. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  6. ^ Azimi, Roxana (September 26, 2014). "When art imitates business". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Dana Wyse | Art Brussels - Aeroplastics Contemporary". danawyse.aeroplastics.net. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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  10. ^ "Rebecca Container Gallery - Dana Wyse". www.rebeccacontainer.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  11. ^ "Rebecca Container Gallery - Dana Wyse". www.rebeccacontainer.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  • Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art, eds. Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin, Merrell, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85894-390-9
  • Femmes artistes/artistes femmes : Paris, de 1880 à nos jours, Catherine Gonnard and Elisabth Lebovici, Hazan, 2007. ISBN 978-2-7541-0206-3
  • How to Turn Your Addiction to Prescription Drugs into a Successful Art Career, Dana Wyse, Elisabeth Lebovici, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Editions du Regard, 2007. ISPN 9782841051991
  • Dana Wyse: Jesus Had A Sister Productions 1996–2001, Elisabeth Lebovici, 2001.
  • Vancouver: A History in Photographs, Aynsley Vogel and Dana Wyse, Altitude Publishing, 1993. ISBN 978-1-55153-076-5
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