Lineage at Cactus Bra 2009

Lineage an art installation by Mira Hnatyshyn.
Lineage a Tudor Story a room-sized exhibit of painting and sculpture that places historical icons from the English aristocracy in a contemporary context - the White Cube. Loosely based on the naïve style of anonymous court painters, Miras installation challenges the viewers knowledge of history and art with a contemporary comment on violence and gender roles. It includes paintings, sculptures, and drawings all tied to each other with thread, implying the nature of space and time.
Parts of Miras work are intricately painted while other sections are left with just a line drawing. Some subjects are recognizable in appearance, while others are indistinct and mutated. Sometimes the canvas is flat and conventional, while other times it is molded with sculpted fabric and panel. Paintings are hung off-center, and swaths of canvas are left unstretched. Taken together, these techniques create a tension between the finished and the unfinished and create suggestions of movement and space meant to transcend the media.

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