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[1] and raised on Vancouver Island, where she trained as a hairdresser and a welder.[2] 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.[3]

Art

Cal Lane uses a plasma cutter or an oxy-acetylene torch to cut intricate patterns into industrial steel products.[4]

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."[2] Writing for Sculpture magazine, Robin Peck said: "The dialectic is obvious: industrial versus domestic, strong versus delicate, masculine versus feminine, functional versus decorative."[5] 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."[6]

Selected exhibitions

Selected awards

  • 2001 International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
  • 2006 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship
  • 2007 Joseph S. Stauffer Prize[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cal Lane". Artsy. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Bernstein, Fred A. (30 December 2007). "Turning Steel into Lace". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Cal Lane Curriculum Vitae (PDF). 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cal Lane: Crude". deCordova. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Peck, Robin (2014). "Cal Lane: Veiled Histories in Steel". Sculpture. 33 (6). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Zimmer, Lori. "Artist Cal Lane Transforms Industrial Objects into Intricate Lace Sculptures". Inhabitat. 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.
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