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Retro-active: Two Decades of Sculpture by Lou Lynn
Grand Forks Art Gallery, June 13 – August 15, 2009
By Simone Keiran
Published in Route 3: Life in the West Kootenay/Boundary Region Magazine, Summer 2009. Ed., Shelley Ackerman
Lou Lynn, Sculptor (Photo by Janet Dwyer)
Hand-tools have always fascinated artist, Lou Lynn, particularly the union between a succinct form, such as the semi-circular sweep of a prehistoric ulu whose handle runs parallel to its blade, to a specific practical function: a knife which was not used to stab but—depending on how the handle was held—to slice or scrape with a rocking stroke of the wrist. Her metal and glass sculptures suggest implements such as the ulu, auger, chisel, trowels, rasps and other forms.
“I’m not actually inspired by tools,” she emphasizes. “The form is more important, how shape determines how tools came to be used.” Read the rest of this entry »
The Grand Forks Art Gallery and Boundary Museum Saga
The City of Grand Forks got a shiny new art gallery, the Boundary Museum acquired a fine pair of historical sites, and after the Furies finished running amok, everyone settled down to mend fences and ponder the true purpose of community museums and galleries.
By Simone Keiran
The New Grand Forks Art Gallery
Grand Forks is the largest urban center in the Boundary region of British Columbia’s south-central interior. As such, a showcase building for its heritage and visual arts community seemed in order. Unfortunately, few transitions could have been as fraught with difficulty as when the Old Courthouse on Central Avenue, an attractive brick Palladian-style landmark built in 1911, was transformed into a civic cultural centrepiece. Collections were seized, wrecking crews were called in, the City was taken to court, and it was mischief for everybody involved.
