Measuring Device (1986)
Studio view: Measuring Device, 1988. Photo: the Artist.
General Description
A square measuring device resembling a yellow tape measure is woven with seed beads, waxed linen warp, nylon weft. The artist’s name and date of completion is woven into the piece.
Dimensions: 153 x 153 centimeters.
Collection of the Art Bank.
Release
Measuring Device is a part of the artist’s first solo exhibition at YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, and titled Means of Measurement.
The press release for this exhibition reads as follows:
Means of Measurement is a sculptural and photographic installation concerned with the division and definition of bodies, exemplified by earth, human form and space. These works are inspired by historically conventional representations and a desire to vary these perceptions. The photographic work is a reference study which defines the various concerns involved in creating the sculptural pieces; it loosely connects various systems of division defined within the fields of design, fashion, art, architecture, nature and metaphysics. - Lee Dickson, 1987.
The other works in this exhibition were: Mattered World, Photo Research and Unresolved.
Exhibition History
| 1987 | Means of Measurement, (solo) YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1988 | Means of Measurement, (solo) Niagara Artists' Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario |
| 1988 | Lee Dickson & Robert Cishecki, (duo) Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1989 | Lee Dickson, (solo) Optica, Montreal, Quebec |
| 1991 | Art Bank Exibition, (group) Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario |
Catalogues
| Decalog: YYZ 1979-1989. Toronto: YYZ Books, 1992. |
| Thériault, Michèle. Perspective 90: Lee Dickson and Douglas Walker. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1990. |
Bibliography
| Baele, Nancy. "Visual Arts." The Ottawa Citizen Jul 7 1988. |
| Grenville, Bruce. "Review: Lee Dickson, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto." Parachute 47 [Montreal] 1987: 41-42. |
| Parrallelograme [Toronto] Dec-Jan 1987: 93, photo. |
| Skene, Cameron. "The Measure of All Things." Montreal Mirror Jan 27 1989: 16. |
| Thériault, Michèle. "Perspective 90: Lee Dickson and Douglas Walker." AGO News 12.7. Jul/Aug 1990: photo. |
Funding
The Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council.
Detail: Measuring Device. Photo: the Artist.