Subversive Suzy Lake wins Governor General’s art award
March 18, 2016Suzy Lake was among the first women to use performance and photography to confront gender politics — and her influence on the art scene was immediate and immense.
Now the subversive visual artist has been named one of this year’s winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
She joins guest host Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss her groundbreaking work, why her art isn’t quite biographical, and how identity can be formed through resistance.
“Even though we knew who we weren’t, we weren’t quite sure who we were,” she says.
Listen to the full q interview here
3 Artists are Finalists for $50,000 Scotiabank Photo Award
March 11, 2016On March 9, the Scotiabank Photography Award announced the finalists for the 2016 award: Pascal Grandmaison of Montreal, Suzy Lake of Toronto and Jayce Salloum of Vancouver.
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