Tears, and in between by Lucie Chan

November 22- January 20, 2007

Lucie Chan, Tears, and In Between (detail), 2006. Drawing installation: charcoal, paper cutouts

Drawing comparisons to groundbreaking artists such as Ed Pien and William Kentridge in addition to a nomination for the prestigious Sobey Art Award in 2006, Lucie Chan is a Canadian artist to watch!

Born in Guyana and educated in Canada, Halifax now provides the backdrop for Chan's delicate and evocative drawing-based art practice. Manifesting itself in many forms -charcoal sketches, paper installations, handmade animations - Chan's artwork articulates themes of longing, rootlessness and diaspora.

For her site-specific installation at the Foreman Art Gallery, Tears, and in between, Chan shapes accumulated drawings into giant teardrop form sculptures which she suspends from the ceiling of the gallery creating a veritable forest of dark figures set in stark white territory. Many of the suspended sculptures house animations based on Chan's elegant drawings.

While developing Tears, and in between, Chan drew on her experiences interviewing recent immigrants to Canada. Chan's poetic animations are based on her interactions with these individuals and their personal histories and experiences. Out of the somber darkness and ambiguity of the teardrop drawings her delicate animations provide the only colour in the exhibit and represent the hope that Chan's subjects have for their futures in a new country.

Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop's University
2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, QC
gallery open Tuesday-Saturday, noon to 5pm