Cal Lane

Domesticated Turf by Cal Lane.

Cal Lane (born 1968) is a Canadian sculptor, known for creating delicate, lacy sculptures out of industrial steel products.

Early life and education

Lane was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1968 and raised on Vancouver Island, where she trained as a hairdresser and a welder. She has a bachelor's degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase.

Art

Cal Lane uses a plasma cutter or an oxy-acetylene torch to cut intricate patterns into industrial steel products.

Lane's work is often described in terms of dichotomy or contrast. Fred A. Bernstein wrote in The New York Times: "The work is about the contrasts between the industrial and the fanciful, the opaque and the transparent." Writing for Sculpture magazine, Robin Peck said: "The dialectic is obvious: industrial versus domestic, strong versus delicate, masculine versus feminine, functional versus decorative." Lori Zimmer wrote: "Lane enjoys pushing the dichotomy of feminine and masculine by combining patterns of domesticity with these cold, harsh symbols of masculine blue collar labor."

Exhibitions

Selected public collections

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Cal Lane". Artsy. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Bernstein, Fred A. (30 December 2007). "Turning Steel into Lace". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Cal Lane Curriculum Vitae (PDF). 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cal Lane: Crude". deCordova. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Peck, Robin (2014). "Cal Lane: Veiled Histories in Steel". Sculpture. 33 (6). Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Zimmer, Lori (22 May 2011). "Artist Cal Lane Transforms Industrial Objects into Intricate Lace Sculptures". Inhabitat. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Revere., McFadden, David (2007). Radical lace & subversive knitting. Scanlan, Jennifer (Associate curator), Edwards, Jennifer Steifle., Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.). New York: Museum of Arts & Design. ISBN 9781890385125. OCLC 122932136.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)