Diana Thorneycroft
| Diana Thorneycroft | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1956 Claresholm, Alberta |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | BFA, University of Manitoba, MA, University of Wisconsin |
| Known for | Photography, Sculpture, Installation art |
| Website | http://dianathorneycroft.com/ |
Diana Thorneycroft (born 1956 in Claresholm, Alberta) is a Winnipeg-based artist whose work has exhibited nationally and internationally.[1] Thorneycroft works primarily in photography, drawing, and sculpture/installation. Her work blurs the lines between gendered bodies by employing phalluses.[2]
Education
Diana Thorneycroft graduated with an MFA from the University of Wisconsin in 1980 and with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the University of Manitoba in 1979.[3]
Selected Artworks
Canadians and Americans (best friends forever … it's complicated)
A series of digital photographs, Canadians and Americans (best friends forever … it's complicated) looks at iconic moments and figures in American and Canadian history to explore the unbalanced relationship and power dynamic between the two neighbouring countries.[4]
A People's History
Looking at the horrific history of crimes and atrocities perpetrated against vulnerable people in Canada, A People's History is a series of photographs based on dioramas created by the artist.[5]
Group of Seven Awkward Moments
Group of Seven Awkward Moments is a photographic series which employs black humour to look at the effect of the mythology of the Canadian landscape on the construct of Canadian identity. The series features dioramas of histories that are part of Canadian symbolism paired with backgrounds of reproductions of paintings by The Group of Seven.[6]
There Must Be 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover
This series of drawings explores violence in the media through the behaviour of popular cartoon characters.[7]
The Canadiana Martyrdom Series
The photographs is this series uses paraphernalia depicting Canadian tourism, identity, and culture to discuss spectacles of martyrdom and apathy to human suffering.[8]
Collections
- Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario
- Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
- Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Bank of Montreal
- Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
- Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario
- City of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
- Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Lerners LLP, London, Ontario
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
- Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Manitoba Printmakers Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank, Brandon, Manitoba
- Martha McCarthy & Company, Toronto, Ontario
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Rosizo, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, State Museum and Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia
- The Donovan Collection, St. Michaelʼs College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
- The Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
- Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario
- TD Bank Group
- Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
External links
References
- ↑ "Diana Thorneycroft - Canadian Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ↑ White, Laura (2013). Herstory: art by women in the University of Winnipeg collection. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Leamarc. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-9921187-0-9.
- ↑ "Diana Thorneycroft - Canadian Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "Canadians And Americans (Best Friends Forever… It’s Complicated) | Art Mur". artmur.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "Art Gallery of Regina" (PDF).
- ↑ "Playing with the Group of Seven". www.ngcmagazine.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "Artist Diana Thorneycroft's dark sense of humour on display in France - CBC Manitoba". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "Galleries West".