Artist-led tour: Marie Lannoo: In Extremis
July 24 | 4-5 PM
Morris & Ann Dancyger Observatory Gallery
Marie Lannoo's solo show In Extremis presents a new body of work that the artist produced during the Covid-19 pandemic, reflecting on the relationship between light, colour, transparency, and materiality.
To mark the recent addition of the sculptural work Through and Through and Through #20 (2009) to the exhibition, Lannoo will be giving a tour of the show, exploring the main themes behind her practice.
Marie Lannoo: In Extremis is curated by Wayne Baerwaldt, and is on view in the Morris & Ann Dancyger Observatory Gallery until October 13, 2024.
About the Artist
Marie Lannoo was born in Delhi, Ontario. She attended the University of Saskatchewan and studied painting at the Banff School of Arts and at Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops as well as in Virton, Belgium. Her work has been shown in exhibitions throughout Canada and internationally.
Moving between abstraction and representation, Lannoo’s paintings exert a potent physiological effect on viewers. Imminent art historian Roald Nasgaard comments: “Lannoo’s work draws the viewer deep into internal illusions replete with reflected invasions from the external world. At the same time, it reaches out to embrace and enfold itself around the body of the viewer, who sees the world as if with eyes in the back of his/her/their head.”
