Dana Wyse

Dana Wyse
Born (1965-08-09) 9 August 1965 (age 59)
Vancouver, British Columbia
NationalityCanadian
EducationBFA, University of British Columbia
Known forInstallation art
MovementFeminism

Dana Wyse (born August 9, 1965) is a Canadian writer and visual artist.

Life

Wyse received her BFA from the University of British Columbia in 1991. She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] [citation needed]

Work

Exhibition Jesus Had a Sister Productions 1997–2017, Grand staircase Sorbonne Université

Wyse’s early career was characterized by photography works exploring Canada and its history and environment.[2] Photography works by Wyse can be seen in the book Vancouver: A History in Photographs. In 1996, Wyse began her best known artwork, a pill-themed installation called Jesus Had A Sister Productions.[3][4] It is a work-in-progress to which the artist adds new elements each year and that crosses the line between art and business.[5]

Jesus Had a Sister Productions

This work, Wyse's longest running work, takes the form of a fictional pharmaceutical company.[3] Each instalment is a series of pills, sprays, occasionally children’s toys and other media.[6] These objects are packaged in plastic with a cardboard heading stapled to the top that lists their purpose. The work dissects aspects of human relationships such as trust, love, communication, pleasure and power. Woman's utopic quest for perfection, achieved in instant time, is the underlying philosophy of Jesus Had A Sister Productions.[7] Wyse incorporates advertising images from the 1960s into her work to underline the absurdity of these images as well as woman's lust for shopping and mass consumption.[8]

Exhibitions

Wyse has participated in many solo and group exhibitions. The artist had solo exhibitions at Artcore Gallery in Toronto (2001), Third Avenue Gallery in Vancouver (2001), Galerie Anton Weller in Paris (2001), Torch Gallery in Amsterdam (2002), New Art Barcelona (2002), and many other locations.[1]

  • Château de Montsoreau-Musée d'art contemporain (2017)

Collections

Dana Wyse has works on permanent display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Les Abattoirs, the Museum of Modern Art de la Ville de Paris, the Palais de Tokyo, and the Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art.[1]

Publications

  • Vogel, Aynsley and Wyse, Dana: Vancouver: A History in Photographs. Canmore: Altitude Publishing 1997. ISBN 978-1-55153-076-5
  • Lebovici, Elisabeth, Obrist, Hans Ulrich, Wyse, Dana: How to Turn Your Addiction to Prescription Drugs into a Successful Art Career. Paris: Editions du Regard 2007. ISBN 978-2-841051991

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rebecca Container Gallery - Dana Wyse". www.rebeccacontainer.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2002. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Amanieux, Laureline (2014). "Magie Instantanée". Muze: 24–27.
  3. ^ a b Azimi, Roxanna (September 26, 2014). "When art imitates business". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "Dana Wyse, les 10 ans de Jesus Had A Sister Productions™". Art Press. December 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Azimi, Roxana (September 4, 2014). "L'art des affaires". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dana Wyse | Art Brussels - Aeroplastics Contemporary". danawyse.aeroplastics.net. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Jesus Had a Sister Productions". www.paris-art.com. February 20, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dana Wyse, " Pilules Magiques " | interview foutraque.com". www.foutraque.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

Sources

  • Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art, eds. Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin, Merrell, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85894-390-9
  • Femmes artistes/artistes femmes : Paris, de 1880 à nos jours, Catherine Gonnard and Elisabth Lebovici, Hazan, 2007. ISBN 978-2-7541-0206-3
  • Dana Wyse: Jesus Had A Sister Productions 1996–2001, Elisabeth Lebovici, 2001.