LYSE LEMIEUX
Painted Drawings, Installation View, Wil Aballe Art Projects, 2019
LYSE LEMIEUX
Painted Drawings
Past Exhibition at WAAP
Lemieux’s artistic practice is often described as one focused on drawing, balanced between figuration and abstraction. But there is something about the artist’s material handling of line and form that is a key characteristic to understanding her process and thinking.
Lemieux is haunted by certain forms—like the black tunic she wore throughout Catholic school as a girl, or the pleated skirt—motifs that reappear again and again throughout her work. Deeply aware of the significance of clothing, the way it declares or masks our subject positions, constrains and liberates us, the artist thinks like a patternmaker: she sees the body through the cut of a skirt, the slope of a shoulder seam.
Then there is the artist’s humour: sometimes rueful, sometimes coy. Lemieux’s wit expresses a resilience, too, to the frustrations of working as a woman artist (much of the time invisibly) for many years, which while refraining from any overt political agenda, might be cast within a context illuminating women’s issues.
With Painted Drawings, Lyse Lemieux’s material handling of line and form examines not only the tensile possibilities of her materials but also the meaning of her own visual language. With each piece, she investigates the origin of her ideas and how they can lead her where they are meant to go. The corporeality and gentle transgressions of her literary families of Naiads, Kraken, and Nymphs seem to answer part of this question. Fabric, that ever-present protagonist in much of Lemieux’s narratives adds texture and form while colour and humour wink at indeterminate personal tales.
Lyse Lemieux
L’Avenir est Long; A Conversation, 2018
Acrylic, gesso, and industrial wool felt on Arches 300lb paper
60 x 40 in / 152.4 x 101.6 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Unfit For Foot Racing, 2019
Acrylic, ink, and gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Feu d’Été, 2019
Acrylic, ink, and gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Painted Drawings, Installation View, Wil Aballe Art Projects, 2019
Lyse Lemieux
Naiad Sexyzone 2, 2018
Gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
VANCOUVER, Vancouver, 2019
Ink, acrylic, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
L’Avenir est Long; Une Mère et ses Enfants, 2018
Acrylic, gesso, ink, and industrial wool felt on Arches 300lb paper
60 x 40 in / 152.4 x 101.6 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Kraken in a Meteorite Shower, 2018
Acrylic, gesso, and ink on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Thetis, 2018
Acrylic, ink, conté, collaged Yupo paper, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
L’Avenir est Long; Bad Tongues, 2018
Acrylic, gesso, industrial wool felt, fabric, and archival shaped foamcore on Arches 300lb paper
60 x 40 in / 152.4 x 101.6 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Salmacis was an Atypical Naiad, 2018
Acrylic, conté, ink, and fabric on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Bras Ce Lait, 2019
Acrylic, gesso, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
The Raising of Lazarus, 2018
Acrylic, conté, and ink on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Footless Archbishop, 2018
Acrylic and ink on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Felt Landscape, 2018
Gesso and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Naiad Management, 2018
Acrylic and gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Untitled (Felt Abstract 1), 2018
Acrylic, ink, gesso, fabric, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
1956, 2018
Acrylic, ink, gesso, fabric, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Turtleneck Amour, 2018
Acrylic, ink, gesso, and industrial synthetic felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Untitled (Felt Legs), 2018
Gesso and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Naiad Sexyzone, 2018
Gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Two Face Face, 2019
Ink and gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
The Flicker’s Name was Le Black, 2018
Acrylic, collaged Yupo paper, and gesso on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
White Thread Shapes, 2019
Ink, industrial wool felt, and white cotton thread on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Sans Titre/Untitled (Threads), 2019
Acrylic, ink, gesso, and found cotton fabric on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
En Quatre, 2019
Acrylic, ink, gesso, industrial wool felt, and found cotton fabric on Yupo paper
52 x 52 in / 132.08 x 132.08 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Untitled (Pie Crust Forest), 2019
Acrylic, ink, gesso, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Jambes, 2019
Gesso, found wool fabric, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Turtlenecks Choke Me, 2019
Acrylic, ink, gesso, collaged Yupo paper, and industrial wool felt on Yupo paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
No Fixed Abode, Lyse Lemieux, Installation View, Simon Fraser University Gallery, 2020
Lyse Lemieux
Red Arms, 2020
Acrylic and ink on 140 lbs acid free paper
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Dainty Panties, 2020
Acrylic and ink on 140 lbs acid free paper
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Cuissardes Roses / Pink Waders, 2020
Acrylic and ink on 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
The Loose Shirt, 2020
Acrylic and ink on 140 lbs acid free paper
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Tunique Turquoise, 2020
Acrylic and ink on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
La Main Rouge, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
A Walking Man, 2020
Acrylic and ink on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Plaid Underwear, 2020
Acrylic, ink and sewn wool felt on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Proud Snowball Maker, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Sheer, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs (optional: with walnut frame, no glass)
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Red Bikini, 2020
Acrylic and ink on 140 lbs acid free paper
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Skirt Armour, 2020
Acrylic with sewn wool felt on 300 Arches
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Strong Man On Red, 2020
Acrylic and sewn wool felt on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Keep Beating The Drum, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
The Skirt That Killed Her, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Guy, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
She Felt Closer to God When She Wore Her Leopard Pattern Cardigan, 2020
Acrylic on Arches 300 lbs
22 x 30 in / 55.8 x 76.2 cm
Lyse Lemieux
The Night She Flew In to Say Goodbye, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 72 in / 86.3 x 182.8 cm
Lyse Lemieux
Large Dainty Panties Behind Grid, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4cm
Lyse Lemieux
She Was Wearing the Pearl Necklace when she was Arrested, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4cm
Lyse Lemieux
Dessin Feutré 4, 2015 (from Dessin Feutré (Felt Drawings) series)
Felt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 30 in
Lyse Lemieux
Dessin Feutré 5, 2015 (from Dessin Feutré (Felt Drawings) series)
Felt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 30 in
Lyse Lemieux
Dessin Feutré 6, 2015 (from Dessin Feutré (Felt Drawings) series)
Felt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 30 in
Lyse Lemieux
Dessin Feutré 7, 2015 (from Dessin Feutré (Felt Drawings) series)
Felt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 30 in
Lyse Lemieux
Dessin Feutré 12, 2015 (from Dessin Feutré (Felt Drawings) series)
Felt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 30 in
Lyse Lemieux
Dessin Feutré 15, 2015 (from Dessin Feutré (Felt Drawings) series)
Felt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 30 in
Lyse Lemieux
Skirted Baroque, 2015 (from Vancouver Art Gallery’s Ambivalent Pleasures exhibition)
Custom wood frame, acrylic, ink, wool felt, and appended wool tartan skirt on 300lbs Arches paper
22 x 61 in
Lyse Lemieux
Tête En Rond (Head in the Round or Spinning Heads) 2, 2010 (diptych)
Gouache, ink, and card collaged on archival paper
60 x 22.5 in
Lyse Lemieux
Tête En Rond (Head in the Round or Spinning Heads) 3, 2010 (diptych)
Gouache, ink, and card collaged on archival paper
60 x 22.5 in
Lyse Lemieux
Self Portrait Utitled, 2016
Shirt fabric and ink on 300lbc Arches paper
26.5 x 65 in
