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Contemporary Art Gallery

555 Nelson Street
Vancouver, Canada
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ArchiveExhibition
5 Dec 92until16 Jan 93

Lorna Brown

Once Removed

555 Hamilton St

An artwork suspended in a gallery space. The work. is composed of a large photo that shows someone cutting a thread from their tank top. A rolled cable hangs from the bottom of the photo.

Once Removed, a photo/sculpture installation by Vancouver-based artist Lorna Brown, is being presented by the Contemporary Art Gallery, December 5 – January 16. Brown was born in Oxbow, Saskatchewan and graduated from Simon Fraser University's Centre for the Arts in 1984.

In recent years, Lorna Brown's work has received increasing exposure across Canada with exhibitions in Toronto, Montreal and Regina. Once Removed is the most ambitious installation she has conceived for a Vancouver audience. The work consists of four-large sculptural constructions composed of styrofoam, cord, pulleys, and weights and 8 foot photographic images on mylar. Each image portrays part of a woman's body and each sculpture forms a letter that in combination spells out ONCE.

The sculptural components are further accompanied by wall-mounted tear sheets with textual narratives that convey personal and fragmentary stories told by women who have left one place and moved to another. Removal and displacement forms the basis of this installation providing a poetic affirmation of women's experience, and an acknowledgement that such voices are potent.

An artwork suspended in the corner of a gallery space. The work is composed of a photo printed on mylar, showing a person in a black robe, suspended from a cardboard oval hanging from a black cable.
Two artworks mounted on a wall. One consists of two wooden pieces which suspend a large photo printed on mylar. A small stack of round, pink sheets hangs from a small metal rod in the wall.
A closeup of a small stack of round, pink sheets hangs from a small metal rod in the wall. The sheets have an image faintly printed on the background and small black text on the foreground.
A large photo stretched between two wood beams. The beams have a slightly curved foot to them, resembling a serif on the letter "N." The structure has cables that hang from the ceiling attached to it.
A thin, open book rests on the opening of a dark, brushed metal plinth. The plinth appears to be hollow and has a small divot to hold the spine of the book. The background shows a white wall.
A large, translucent, black and white photo stretched between two wood beams in a gallery space. The beams have a slight curved foot to them, resembling serif on a letter "N."

Documents

Essay: "Weight of Movement in Lorna Brown's Once Removed," Mona Kin Cagnonpdf505kb
An artwork suspended in a gallery space. The work. is composed of a large photo that shows someone cutting a thread from their tank top. A rolled cable hangs from the bottom of the photo.
An artwork suspended in the corner of a gallery space. The work is composed of a photo printed on mylar, showing a person in a black robe, suspended from a cardboard oval hanging from a black cable.
Two artworks mounted on a wall. One consists of two wooden pieces which suspend a large photo printed on mylar. A small stack of round, pink sheets hangs from a small metal rod in the wall.
A closeup of a small stack of round, pink sheets hangs from a small metal rod in the wall. The sheets have an image faintly printed on the background and small black text on the foreground.
A large photo stretched between two wood beams. The beams have a slightly curved foot to them, resembling a serif on the letter "N." The structure has cables that hang from the ceiling attached to it.
A thin, open book rests on the opening of a dark, brushed metal plinth. The plinth appears to be hollow and has a small divot to hold the spine of the book. The background shows a white wall.
A large, translucent, black and white photo stretched between two wood beams in a gallery space. The beams have a slight curved foot to them, resembling serif on a letter "N."