Caro Caron + Christine Redfern

Excerpts Pg 19 + 22: Who is Ana Mendieta? | Extraits pg 19 + 22: Qui est Ana Mendieta?

From the Exhibition Catalogue as part of Anima.
Main Gallery, Sept 6 - Oct 7, 2011

Du catalogue pour l'exposition Anima.
Galerie principale, 6 sept - 7 oct, 2011

Biography: Caro Caron

Caro Caron feeds her needs for odds and ends daily; it’s a sort of chronic illness. She is a hunter/gatherer of what she considers primary materials: wood, metal, fur, feathers, plastic flowers, thingamajigs, dohickeys, and

whatdoyoucallits... These curiosities that adorn many of her works, aretransformed into sweet ‘n’ sour allegories of her universe, her “mug”, her monsters, her questions, her fantasies under garish colours and luridly

exaggerated debased figures that reflect a humorously misanthropic worldview. Illustrator, painter and cartoonist, Caro has been a “body painter” and a professional make-up artist for the past 15 years. Published notably in the “Cyclops” anthologies, King Can Comix, Aways Dzigidzine, Mr. Ferraille and Hôpital Brut (Dernier Cri).

http://lesfeesdartifices.com
http://www.kermessedesenfantsterribles.com

Excerpt Pg 30: Who is Ana Mendieta? | Extrait pg 30: Qui est Ana Mendieta?

Biography: Christine Redfern

Christine Redfern has medically dissected and artistically explored human bodies. One of her best-known images is the photograph Shoot, of her naked and nine months pregnant, holding guns and wearing a goalie’s mask onto which she delicately drew a skull in silverpoint and graphite. Other highlights include her animation Who Knows; her video of New York artist Lesley Dill’s performance I Dismantle, and most recently, the graphic novella Who Is Ana Mendieta? She has also written on the visual arts for local, national and international publications for over ten years and is a graduate with honours from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. www.christineredfern.com

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