~LORNA BAUER / ‘Air Is Where Effort Goes’ / GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT / TORONTO / up thru DEC 23 !!
LAST WEEKEND – TO CATCH THIS SPECTACULAR EXHIBIT !! !!
IN THE NUANCE of SUBTLE GLASS / COLOR SHIFTING & FLUID SHAPES . . WE FIND BEAUTY.
WITHIN THE LARGE & EMPTY / HAND-BLOWN GLASS STORAGE CONTAINERS /
WE COULD ALSO FIND / A WORLD ALERT: WE ARE NOT . . water desert ‘DUNE’ – YET !!
BUT, for how long ?
If !! IF !! YOU ARE IN TORONTO – DON’T BLINK !!
& . . . EVERYBODY ELSE ?!!
THIS MAKES ME WANT TO WISH YOU:
HAPPY – DIGITAL !!! – NEW YEAR !! & . . . MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
LORNA BAUER – ‘Air Is Where Effort Goes’
up thru . . DEC 23, 2021
GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT / in their new Toronto location
1444 Dupont St., Unit 10, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
AN EXHIBIT: STRONG IN THOUGHT, PROCESS, SKILLS, & CARRY-THRU . . .
ARDENT and DYNAMIC . . . full of PHILOSOPHY, or is it CONTEMPLATION ?
WORLD-BIO ENVIRONMENT-CARING / WITH A CURIOUS, HANDS-ON TECHNICALITY, & ABOVE ALL . .
A STOIC, SILENT . . . DYNAMIC !!
THERE BEFALLS – TO THE SPECTATOR – of this parade / MANY THOUGHTS
SPRUNG FROM SEEMINGLY A SIMPLE UTILITARIAN SOURCE.
THE INCREDIBLE VISUAL ‘ATTRACTION’ . . . of LORNA’S WORK /
the re-imagined fluid shapes, the subtle play of shifting / transparent colors of glass,
the fragile versus the strength, the implied uses & volumes /
that always, always – sets my imagination soaring !!!
Spectacular . . . ???
for SURE !!!
just in the . . boldness of the thought, the array / and the craft.
in the oversize vessels themselves, marching straightforward – through the space.
unadorned & free-standing, bubbles of human breath / encased in wrought iron. sending up thought-patterns for all who witness – their silent, immobile . . march.
one-of-a kind vessels – that are shapes, and containers.
an eco-army, of the . . . future ?
def, CHECK OUT: INFO & PHOTOS / LORNA BAUER – ‘Air is Where Effort Goes’ / GALERIE NICOLAS ROBERT WEBSITE
INSTALLATION SHOT
note: ALL PHOTOS – ARE COURTESY of THE ARTIST VIA INSTAGRAM / LORNA BAUER / @lornabauer
PHOTOGRAPHER: JIMMY LIMIT
Hand-blown glass in metal wire ‘Trash cans’ – to mold / all the works, which are in fact / large scale, free-standing sculptures – were completed with the help of a . . technical ‘team’.
PHOTOS: JIMMY LIMIT / C?O LORNA BAUER
check out: LORNA BAUER INSTAGRAM @lornabauer
and, from . . . the – artloversnewyork archive:
LORNA BAUER, (re-fillable bottle), mold, and hand-blown glass, 2018.
I have never met the Montreal-based artist in person / but I’ve been fascinated, and intrigued by her work, ever since I first saw photos of it, in the small group show, ‘MAY WEST’ at the very, very Indie gallery, VICKI / in upstate Newburgh, run at that time . . by DANIEL GIORDANO & SAMUEL BOEHM.
LORNA BAUER, ‘Sitio Bottle’, 2018.
mold, and hand-blown glass / 24 x 9 x 4.5 in.
note: these archival photos: c/o VICKI
see: ‘LORNA BAUER – GLASS WORKS – ‘MAY WEST’ – VICKI PROJECTS / artloversnewyork – MAY 14, 2019.