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Joyce WielandUntitled (Red Bulge Drawing)1961
1961
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Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene at the beginning of the 1960s, throughout her career Wieland would explore the role of women, the body, nationalism, and the environment using a variety of mediums - yet illustration was always the bedrock of her practice.
Perhaps one of the bravest and memorable elements in her oeuvre is her willing to explore and depict sexuality in a manner that is not pandering to the male gaze.
Parallel to North American feminist activity in the 60s, this work distorts and subverts shapes that allude to genitals and sexuality. A similar approach was found in the works of Wieland’s contemporaries, such as Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Yayoi Kusama and Lynda Benglis.
While these choices in subject matter were derided by critics at the time, Wieland’s depictions of female sexual imagery are now appreciated for their ground-breaking place on the frontier of abstract and figurative forms.
“Untitled” (which we've nicknamed "Red Bulge") is exemplary of Wieland’s style of playful surrealistic sexual imagery. At first glance this composition appears to be a gestural and automatic drawing realized in red ink. However on closer inspection the random shapes appear to be distorted and exaggerated phalluses, breasts and buttocks. Or so it seems...
Wieland's works can be found in numerous public collections across Canada including the National Gallery, Museum London and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto).
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Initialed and dated 61 by the artist.
Canada 1961
Red ink on paper
8"H 10"W (work)
16"H 17"W (framed)
Very good condition.
- Creator:Joyce Wieland (1931 - 1998, Canadian)
- Creation Year:1961
- Dimensions:Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition.
- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 07-251stDibs: LU215216633432
Joyce Wieland
Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene at the beginning of the 1960s, over the course of her career Wieland explored the role of women, the body, nationalism, and intimacy using a variety of mediums. While she experienced several professional "peaks and valleys", Wieland established new benchmarks for what was possible for a female artist to achieve. Notably, she was the first female artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery (Ottawa) in 1971. Today, Wieland's works can be found in numerous public collections across Canada including the National Gallery, Museum London and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto).
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