Research Catalog

Title

Lara Favaretto / [introduction by] Bob Rennie ; [texts by] Adam Carr and Courtney J. Martin.

Author

Rennie Collection, issuing body, host institution

Publication

• Vancouver, BC : Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rennie, Bob
• Martin, Courtney J.
• Carr, Adam, 1981-
• Favaretto, Lara, 1973-
• Rennie Collection. Lara Favaretto
• Rennie Collection. Lara Favaretto. French

Description

143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

Through her large-scale installations of mundane objects, Lara Favaretto?s art practice explores the absurdities of modern life, consumer culture, and obsolescence. The mechanic nature of Favaretto?s works speaks to the monotony and repetition of human life, prompting the audience to contemplate themselves and the function of these objects in their lives. Much of Favaretto?s work functions through the juxtaposition of binary opposites, where her celebratory visual language is thwarted by the dull nature of the subject matter. This multilayered approach exerts itself to spectacular effect with 'Tutti giu per terra/We all fall down' (2004). Sealed in a room with four fans, rainbow-coloured confetti eddies and swirls as it falls to the ground. The isolated character of the installation emphasizes the fine line between aspiration and failure - the spectacle evolving through time into colourful exhaustion. The theme of memory is captured in the ephemeral nature of Favaretto?s other works. Using the most fleeting and unlikely of objects such as a lost luggage in Lost & Found (1998) or a found painting in 225 (2014), the artist creates what she refers to as?momentary monuments?. These objects, once doomed to vanish are then preserved, repurposed, and transformed into a monument of disappearance themselves.

Subjects

• Rennie Collection Exhibitions
• Favaretto, Lara, 1973- > Exhibitions
• Art, Italian > 21st century > Exhibitions

Note

• Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Rennie Museum at Wing Sang, Vancouver, Canada, from May 30 to October 31, 2015. All exhibited works are owned by Rennie Collection.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Text in English and French.

Call Number

JQF 18-818

ISBN

• 9780986596193
• 0986596191

OCLC

988886780

Author

Rennie Collection, issuing body, host institution.

Title

Lara Favaretto / [introduction by] Bob Rennie ; [texts by] Adam Carr and Courtney J. Martin.

Publisher

Vancouver, BC : Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Text in English and French.

Added Author

Rennie, Bob, writer of introduction.

Martin, Courtney J., writer of added commentary.

Carr, Adam, 1981- writer of added commentary.

Favaretto, Lara, 1973- Works. Selections.

Rennie Collection. Lara Favaretto.

Rennie Collection. Lara Favaretto. French.

Research Call Number

JQF 18-818