Lyne Lapointe: Selected Works

Selected Works by Lyne Lapointe is a collection of recent works on glass and works with acupuncture needles, as well as seven large paintings from the series La Pierre Patiente (The Patient Stone).

The works with acupuncture needles echo the devastating link humans maintain with the environment and other living species. The work is rooted in a certain "healing art" intended to re-establish an energizing balance. By virtue of their flexibility and their tendency to vibrate at the slightest movement, the large number of needles used cannot fail to evoke the phenomenon of magnetic fields, opposing forces that attract and agitate, allowing for a myriad of possible effects.

The works on glass express yet again Lyne Lapointe's fascination with the complexity of visual perception and its potential distortions.

[A] term in Persian, 'the patient stone' ... used in times of anxiety and turbulence. Supposedly, a person pours out all his troubles and woes into the stone. It will listen and absorb his pains and secrets, and this way he will be cured. Sometimes the stone can no longer endure its burdens and then it bursts.
- Azar Nafisi
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/21/1069027320754.html

The seven paintings of La Pierre Patiente (The Patient Stone), inspired by the ideas of darkness, light and memory, led Lyne Lapointe to revisit the use of phosphorescent pigments, a technique she used when first starting out as an artist. Subjected to alternating darkness and light, a process that disrupts static perception and "changes day into night", a startling sequence of evanescent impressions emerges revealing in a single work two different and unexpected types of images.

Selected Works by Lyne Lapointe reveals states of breakage, fragility and disembodiment grounded in a cherished idea: metamorphosis.

Bio:

Born in Montréal in 1957. Lives and works in Mansonville, Québec. In the early eighties, Lyne Lapointe was one of the most notable artists of her generation with her ground-breaking site-specific works created between 1983 and 1994 in collaboration with artist/critic Martha Fleming. Their projects transformed huge abandoned and half-forgotten buildings in Montreal, New York, London, Madrid and São Paulo, turning them into public works of art traversed by history, narrative, emotion, text, sound and image. Since 1994 Lapointe’s practice has focused on her own work in painting and installation. A survey of her solo production was organized in 2002 by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal which later toured from 2004 to 2006, followed by a number of solo and group exhibitions across Canada and abroad. Among those La Perle in 2007 at the Carleton University art Gallery in Ottawa, La Clef in 2008 at the SBC Gallery of contemporary art in Montréal, Cabinet in 2010 at Sporobole in Sherbrooke and in 2011 at Musée de Joliette. Works by Lyne Lapointe are included in major Canadian public and private collections. Lyne Lapointe is represented by Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

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Voeux de nouvel an chinois, le dragon et le cheval / Empeinte digitale du pouce de Lyne Lapointe 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment, wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Personnage de "la chèvre vorace" en Roumanie / Coeur humain, planche anatomique 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment, wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Dentelle, XIXème siècle, chapeau de Horka / Double sépulture dans la grotte des enfants de Grimaldi 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment, wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Enfant en tant qu’épouvantail dans un champ en Angleterre, début du XXème siècle / Clef ancienne 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment,wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Tissu tissé d'or et de soie XVIème siècle, Musée Topkapi, Turquie / Camée avec cupidons, XVIIIème siècle, Eros labourant tiré par 2 papillons 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment, wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Siphonophore vivant dans les profondeurs de l’océan et dans la totale noirceur/ Sirène, illustration du XVIIIème siècle 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment, wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Jeune fille dans une pièce de théâtre, jouant Roméo et Juliette, début du XXème siècle / Champs magnétiques 2006-2009 oil, phosphorescent pigment, wood 134 x 117 x 7 cm (52" x 46" x 2")

Tigre 2010 wood, lithography, glass, acupuncture needles 22.9 x 30.5 cm. (9" x 12") collection of the artist		Guépard 2010 wood, paper, acrylic, glass, acupuncture needles 35.6 x 36.8 cm. (14" x 14.5") collection of the artist

Homard 2009 wood, cork, paper, engravings, acupuncture needles 33 x 40.6 cm. (13" x 16")		Perception 2009 wood, cork, paper, lithography, acupuncture needles 35.6 x 43.2 cm. (14" x 17")

Nid d’oiseau 2011 wood, cork, paper, ink, bird's nest, acupuncture needles 29.2 x 43.2 cm. (11.5" x 17")		Nid de guêpe 2011 wood, cork, paper, branches, wasp nest, acrylic, acupuncture needles 30.5 x 38.1 cm. (12" x 15")

Goose neck 2011 wood, cork, paper, acrylic, ink, flowers and dried leaves, acupuncture needles 27.9 x 43.2 cm. (11" x 17")		Amarocale 2011 wood, cork, paper, acrylic, dried flower, acupuncture needles 29.2 x 47 cm. (11.5" x 18.5")

Marguerite 2011 wood, cork, paper, acrylic, dried flower, acupuncture needles 40.6 x 61 cm. (16" x 24")		Enveloppe 2009 wood, cork, paper, oil painting, acupuncture needles 22.9 x 30.5 cm. (9" x 12")

Guérison de la terre 2009 wood, cork, paper, ink, acupuncture needles 23.5 x 23.5 x 7.6 cm. (9.25" x 9.25" x 3")		Carte du ciel visible sur l’horizon de Paris 2009 wood, cork, paper, lithography, ink, beeswax, acupuncture needles 39.4 x 47 cm. (15.5" x 18.5")

Mains 2003-2009 wood, paper, soot, glass, acupuncture needles 20.3 x 27.9 cm. (8" x 11")		Crâne 2011 wood, cork, paper, acrylic, linseed oil, acupuncture needles 27.9 x 35.6 cm. (11" x 14")

Papillon émeraude 2011 wood, cork, paper, butterfly wings, acupuncture needles 20.3 x 27.9 cm. (8" x 11")		Thailande 2011 wood, cork, paper, butterfly wings, acupuncture needles 20.3 x 21.6 cm. (8" x 8.5")

#4 Ruche d’abeille 2010 wood, cork, paper, beeswax, herbs, acupuncture needles 38.1 x 24.1 cm. (15" x 9.5")		#3 Ruche d’abeille 2010 wood, cork, paper, beeswax, herbs, acupuncture needles 38.1 x 24.1 cm. (15" x 9.5")

Entre ciel et terre 2011 wood, cork, paper, acrylic, butterfly wings, acupuncture needles 45 x 25 cm. (18" x 10")		Capitole # 44 2009 wood, paper, oil painting,acupuncture needles 38.1 x 17.8 cm. (15" x 7")

Papillon 2011 wood, cork, paper, ink, butterfly wings, acupuncture needles 21.6 x 12.7 cm. (8.5" x 5")

Fête des morts, Mexique 2011 glass, oil painting, wooden box and glass, cardboard, wooden shelf 58.4 x 121.9 x 50.8 cm. (23" x 48" x 20")		Yemanja 2011 glass, oil painting, ceramic statue,marten, wooden shelf 58.4 x 121.9 x 50.8 cm. (23" x 48" x 20")

Piano 2011 glass, oil painting, wooden piano, metal, wooden shelf 58.4 x 121.9 x 50.8 cm. (23" x 48" x 20")		Réchauffement de la planète 2010 glass, oil painting, wooden shelf 30.5 x 88.9 x 35.6 cm. (12" x 35" x 14")

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