Maura Doyle

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Maura Doyle
Born1973 (age 48–49)
NationalityCanadian
EducationNSCAD; MFA, University of Guelph
Notable workThere's a New Boulder in Town
StyleConceptual Artist
AwardsK. M. Hunter Award for Visual Art, 2017
Website mauradoyle.net

Maura Doyle (born 1973) is a Canadian conceptual artist. She is best known for her controversial sculpture There's a New Boulder in Town.

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Early life and education

Doyle grew up in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada. She graduated with a BFA from the Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and an MFA from the University of Guelph. [1]

Beginning in 1994, Doyle and her friend Annie Dunning created a series of ten annual mail order catalogues, from which objects could be ordered from the artists. The catalogues were created as zines, to be shared with other artists through the mail. At the time, her zine work was not accepted as art by the faculty of Emily Carr. [2]

Career

Doyle's career has spanned numerous artistic forms, including publications, sculpture and public installations. The often eclectic forms of her work and the elements of novelty, multiple production and prank have been recognized as relating to the Intermedia aspect of Fluxus art. [3] In addition to Doyle's public art work There's A New Boulder In Town, she also has boulder-related work installed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Monument to All Boulders in Vancouver and on Planet Earth is a five tonne granite boulder, donated to the City of Vancouver by Or Gallery in 2005. [4]

In 2014, Doyle exhibited a series of 19 clay fired pots in the exhibition Who the Pot? at YYZ Gallery in Toronto. [5] This work was subsequently shown at a 2016 exhibition at the Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa, where it won the “Innovation in Collection-Based Exhibition” Award at the 40th annual Ontario Association of Art Galleries Awards. [6]

There's a New Boulder in Town

In 2004–2005, the Toronto Sculpture Garden exhibited Doyle's There's a New Boulder in Town. [7] The exhibition included Erratic, a boulder known as a large glacial erratic, accompanied by a booklet titled There's a New Boulder in Town: Guidebook to Toronto's Erratic Boulders for Locals and Visitors. The booklet highlighted 20 similar boulders, all in the city of Toronto. [8] The boulder itself had been brought from Peterborough, Ontario, to Toronto for the exhibit. [7] A bronze plaque stating "ERRATIC BOULDER" was attached to it. The billion-year old boulder was offered for sale through the booklet for $9500, or 50 cents a pound. This arrangement would come with free delivery - largely covered by the cost of sale. When no offers were made, the artist considered paying to have the boulder removed to the Leslie Spit, an urban clean fill park, or to donate the work to the city as a work of public sculpture. [9]

In 2005 the boulder was permanently installed in Christie Pits park. [8]

Exhibitions

Collections

Doyle's work is in the collections of the City of Toronto, the City of Vancouver and the City of Ottawa. [10] The Art Gallery of Ontario's Library & Archives contains several examples of her artist books. [11] Her collaborative multimedia work Spaceship Earth (under the name of G.L.N., working in collaboration with the artist Tony Romano) is in the collection of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen's University. [12]

Awards

Doyle is the recipient of the 2017 K. M. Hunter Award for Visual Art. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maura Doyle: Who the Pot?". YYZ ARTISTS' OUTLET. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Dayton, Robert (March 2017). "Letter To The Universe: An Interview with Artist Maura Doyle". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Dyment, Dave (Summer 2002). "Maura Doyle's Art Services". C: International Contemporary Art (74): 46.
  4. ↑ "Artwork Monument to All Boulders in Vancouver and on Planet Earth by Maura Doyle". vancouver.ca. City of Vancouver Public Art Registry. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Thorpe, Josh (27 June 2014). "Maura Doyle's Pots Recast Perception". Canadian Art. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Carleton University Art Gallery". www.cuag.ca. May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  7. 1 2 Reninhart, Anthony. "The boulder and the beautiful". theglobeandmail.com.
  8. 1 2 Warkentin, John (2010). Creating memory: a guide to outdoor public sculpture in Toronto. Becker Associates in association with the City Institute at York University. ISBN   9780919387607.
  9. ↑ Reinhart, Anthony (9 April 2005). "Closing Sale". The Globe and Mail.
  10. ↑ "Paul Petro Contemporary Art -- Maura Doyle". paulpetro.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Horizon Information Portal". library.ago.net. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Spaceship Earth | Agnes Etherington Art Centre". agnes.queensu.ca. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Maura Doyle: 2017 Visual Art Award Winner". www.kmhunterfoundation.ca. 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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