It’s a gigantic plum to be chosen as the artist representing your country in the prestigious Venice Biennale
Canadian mixed-media artist Shary Boyle will be the showcase artist later this spring at the Canadian pavilion at the Venice Bienalle, one of the most important, influential and longest-running international venues for art. Here’s a selection of her work.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail
The Mute (2012)
Virus, 2009
Virus, 2009. Detail, projection viewDavid Jacques
Shary Boyle, White Light, 2010. Detail. Foam, textile, string, porcelain, hair, black light, 305 x 305 x 183 cm. Courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.Ian Lefebvre
Self-Immolation, 2011. Detail. Ink and gouache on paper, 72.4 x 51.4 cm.
Shary Boyle and Christine Fellows, Everything Under the Moon, 2012, performance still. Presented at the Harbourfront Centre World Stage 2012, Toronto. .Christopher Wahl