1992...(the hair pieces) (1993-1998)
Installation view: Made to Measure, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, 1998. Photo: the Artist.
General Description
An ongoing series of framed embroidery works (25 details) completed between 1993 and 1998. Painted plaster/wood/glass framed embroideries using hair, cotton, linen, silk, etc. Individual overall dimensions vary. See “The Details.”
Collection of the Artist; except Details 5, 7 and 14, which are in Private Collections.
Release
This work-in-progress is a chronology of universal symbols: embroideries made using my hair. By means of this Interpretation I have gathered these symbols as my own. The dated embroidered pieces in this collection interweave the sense of a personal history. I consider it to be a parallel work and refection to my other productions and my daily life. Initially these works were started during the commencement of my middle-age, or as I prefer to call it, my renaissance period.
Lee Dickson 1998 – modified 2013.
Exhibition History
| 1994 | Lee Dickson, (solo) Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario [Details #1-8] |
| 1988 | Lee Dickson: Selected Works, (solo) Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario [Details #1-21] |
| 1988 | Made to Measure, (group) Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario [Details #1-25] |
Bibliography
| Bauslaugh, Cheryl. "You gotta have heart." Simcoe Recorder Oct 10 1995: 6. |
| Ghaznavi, Corinna. "Made to Measure." dART [Toronto] Fall, 1.3 (1998): 38-39. |
| Papararo, Jenifer. "Made to Measure." Lola [Toronto] 3. 1998: 56. |
Funding
The Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council.
Clockwise – Detail 1: 1992 (1993) 36 x 47 cm; Detail 3: 1993 (1993) 38 x 48 cm; Detail 5: Glasses (1994) 61 x 71 cm, Private Collection; Detail 4: Caldron (1993) 30 x 35 cm; Detail 2: Heart (1993) 35 x 40 cm.
Clockwise – Detail 6: 1994 (1994) 32 x 51 cm; Detail 8: M (1994) 39 x 32 cm; Detail 18: Serpent (1995) 31.5 x 26.7 cm; Detail 13: Martyr (1995) 32 x 27.5 cm; Detail 17: Cross & Sphere (1995) 36 x 28 cm; Detail 15: Scythe (1995) 31.8 x 26.7; Detail 11: Anchor (1995) 31.5 x 26.4 cm.
Clockwise – Detail 7: Dresses (1994) 61 x 71 cm, Private Collection; Detail 9: Sun (1995) 32 x 29 cm; Detail 16: Dragon (1995) 33 x 25.5 cm; Detail 19: Heart (1995) 26 x 21 cm; Detail 10: Hand (1995) 26 x 22.3 cm.
Clockwise – Detail 21: 1995 (1995) 48.3 x 68.5 cm; Detail 22: Linda May (1998) 36.5 x 67 cm; Detail 23: Metro Social Services (1998) 32 x 32 cm; Detail 25: III. Jessie & Mary (1998) 29.5 x 37 cm; Detail 24: II. Ruth (1998) 36 x 48.5 cm; Detail 12: Skull (1995) 27 x 21.7 cm; Detail 20: Sword (1995) 34.3 x 24 cm; Detail 14: Beheaded Soul (1995) 20.9 x 16 cm, Private Collection.