'The heart is situated in the centre of the chest because conditions are more temperate there.'
Part II (1990)
Installation view: Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1991. BW Photo: the Artist.
General Description
Welded steel structure and frames, glass, 24 archival silver prints mounted on museum board. Overall dimensions: 1.8 x 7.21 x .43 meters.
Title Print and Notes: 2 welded steel and glass framed archival silver prints mounted on museum board. Each, 60 x 51 centimeters.
Collection of the Artist.
Release
‘The heart is situated in the centre of the chest because conditions are more temperate there.’ Part II (1990) is composed of appropriated texts and images relating to the heart which span many eras. The title is a quote from a 13th Century anatomical text.
A sister piece: 'The heart is situated in the center of the chest because conditions are more temperate there.' Part I (1988) focuses on the structure of the heart through the use of anatomical interpretations. Hearts made from various materials such as stone, twigs, plaster and gold leaf, lentils, etc. allude to both obvious and ambiguous connotations.
Both works suggest multifaceted interpretations of the heart and are viewed as fragments similar to archaeological assemblages. The structures on which they rest are important to their formal museum style presentation.
Exhibition History
| 1990 | Lee Dickson & Douglas Walker, Perspective: 90, (duo) curator Michèle Thériault, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto |
| 1991 | Other Frontiers, (group) curator Katherine Wood, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland & Canada House, London, England |
| 1992 | Autres Frontièrs, (group) curator Katherine Wood, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France |
| 1994 | Lee Dickson, (solo) Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Ontario |
| 1995 | Lee Dickson, Selected Works, (solo) Lynnwood Arts Centre, Simcoe, Ontario |
Exhibition Catalogues
| Scott, Kitty. Other Frontiers. Glasgow: Third Eye Centre, 1991. |
| Thériault, Michèle. Perspective 90: Lee Dickson and Douglas Walker. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1990. |
Bibliography
| "'Artists with Their Work' Program" Art Gallery of Ontario, 1992: Photo. |
| "Artist to be on hand for opening of new show at Gallery." Grimsby Independent Sep 28 1994: 8. |
| "Autres Frontiérs." Artvision [Paris] fevrier-mars 1992. |
| Bauslaugh, Cheryl. "You gotta have heart." Simcoe Recorder Oct 10 1995: 6. |
| Genereux, Linda. "Evocative Mix of Poetic and Mundane." Metropolis [Toronto] Aug 2 1990: 12. |
| Heuston, John. "Candid Canada." Culture City [Glasgow] Sep 1991: 37. |
| Hume, Christopher. "Sad exhibit mirrors today's bankrupt culture." Toronto Star Jul 20 1990: E16. |
| Knox, Sarah. "The show must go on." List [Glasgow] Jul 26-Aug 8 1991: 59. |
| Lort, Kit. "Lee Dickson, 'The heart is situated in the center of the chest because conditions are more temperate there'." Ontario Craft [Toronto] Summer 1990: 37-38. |
| Lypchuk, Donna. "The Iconography of Passion." Metropolis [Toronto] Jan 18 1990: 12. |
| _________. "Focus On Lee Dickson." Canadian Art [Toronto] Summer 1990: 89. |
| Mays, John Bentley. "The vogues of yesteryear revisited." Toronto Globe & Mail Jul 13 1990: C9. |
| Monk, Philip. "Letters To The Editor: Critics Like Hyenas." Toronto Globe & Mail Jul 21 1990: D7. |
| "Museums are where the heart is." Grimsby Independent Oct 12 1994: 21, photo. |
| "Other Frontiers." Sparerib [Glasgow] Jul 1991. Photo. |
| "Other Frontiers' at gallery." Focus [Grimsby] Sep 24, 1994: 5. |
| Robinson, Hilary. "Politicized pleasure, pleasurable politics: Other Frontiers." Alba [Glasgow] Oct-Nov 1991: 16-19. |
| Staff Report. "Artist to be on hand for opening of new show at Gallery." Grimsby Independent Sep 28 1994: 8. |
| Thériault, Michèle. " Perspective 90: Lee Dickson and Douglas Walker." AGO News [Toronto] Jul-Aug 1990: vol.12, No. 7, photo. |
| Waite, Lorna. "Artistic aspects of women's work." The Glasgow Scotsman Aug 26 1991. |
Funding
The Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council.
Composite details. BW photos: the Artist.