Artist Information:
Anna Jane McIntyre
Montreal,
Canada
Member Since: Feb 2003
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Artist Statement:
Take I
I am a storyteller. I tell
depict stories in
in-the-middle-moments, whether
it is the beginning, middle or
end is left up to You. I tell
stories to motivate, appease
and remind myself of the
stories that make me old and
new.
Take II
The importance of story
telling and the role of myth
in contemporary society are
the predominant concerns in my
work. I invoke the serious
side of play and the use of
humour as a technique to
discuss difficult subject
matter. My images also
reflect past histories in an
attempt to slow societal
amnesia as we are bombarded by
more and more information.
Currently, I am interested in
researching the circus,
specifically, the circus as a
metaphor for life. As an
exaggerated reflection of
society the circus is full of
the bizarre, the death
defying, the spectacular,
where the socially
marginalized are included and
empowered. I want to explore
notions of illusion and
spectacle, performance and
observation, light and shadow,
as ways of understanding how
society defines normality.
In my recent work I am
experimenting with print media
to create installations. At
Concordia I am exploring the
crossover of the 2-dimensional
and ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Pppppppprints & drawings,
and exhibit of 50 works, Café
Pi, Montreal
2007 The Fifteens, Call and
Echo, the fifteens; or the
Heart of the Matter,
installation of dollworks,
fridge magnets and prints,
Oakville Galleries Shop,
Oakville
2006 Mexican Wrestlers, Dump
trucks, Nightmares & Tea
Warriors, drypoint sketches ,
Mitzi’s ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Review One
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/is
sue_02.24.05/arts/eyecandy.html
From Eye Candy in Eye magazine
Feb 24, 2005
Thus far, two of 2005's best
shows are by Toronto artist
Anna Jane McIntyre, whose
fanciful AWOL outing -- "The
Beastly Beastly Garden," a
collaboration with Jean ...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Anna Jane McIntyre's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Anna Jane McIntyre's Portfolio.
Take I
I am a storyteller. I tell depict stories in in-the-middle-moments, whether it is the beginning, middle or end is left up to You. I tell stories to motivate, appease and remind myself of the stories that make me old and new.
Take II
The importance of story telling and the role of myth in contemporary society are the predominant concerns in my work. I invoke the serious side of play and the use of humour as a technique to discuss difficult subject matter. My images also reflect past histories in an attempt to slow societal amnesia as we are bombarded by more and more information.
Currently, I am interested in researching the circus, specifically, the circus as a metaphor for life. As an exaggerated reflection of society the circus is full of the bizarre, the death defying, the spectacular, where the socially marginalized are included and empowered. I want to explore notions of illusion and spectacle, performance and observation, light and shadow, as ways of understanding how society defines normality.
In my recent work I am experimenting with print media to create installations. At Concordia I am exploring the crossover of the 2-dimensional and ... |
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