Lisa Brice (South African, Born 1968) Walk Easy
Provenance : [Propriété non datée]
- A private collection
- Exhibited London, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Cross Cross Currents: Contemporary Art practice in South Africa, (September 2000); Dakar, Dak/Art 2002: Biennale of Contemporary African Art, (2002)
- Literature John Picton and Jennifer Law, Cross Cross Currents: Contemporary Art practice in South Africa, (Somerset: Atkinson Gallery, 2000), p. 67 (illustrated)
- Created during her residency at the Gasworks in London from 1998, Walk Easy stands a unique piece within the artists oeuvre
- In her continued commitment to the exploration of crime in South Africa, Lisa Price displays her ability to work across mediums and space
- Brice knows the violence against women all too well
- In 1990, she arrived home to find her housemate stabbed 15 times after a break-in
- Women's voicelessness in art history is another kind of violence, to which Brice offers a continuous protest
- This installation explores how crime impacts daily life
- The piece consists of six hand-embroidered cloths, illustrating a 'Walk Easy' defensive spray, suspended on chrome towel rails, with mirrors revealing the reverse side of the work
- In her contributing extract to the exhibitions catalogue for 'Cross Currents', Lisa Brice wrote: Artists believe in the power of art to change things and want to share that with the larger community
- This ethos is one upheld throughout her career so far
- Lisa Brice has exhibited in galleries such as the Goodman Gallery, Stephen Friedman, Thaddeus Ropac in London
- Her work is held in major collections including the Tate Britain in London, as well as the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in America, and Johannesburg Art Gallery
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