JOY CHARBONNEAU "GREAT LAKES" ALUMINUM WALL SCULPTURE 20th century photography The title and location of

The title and location of this drawing are noted by the artist in pencil in the lower-left corner

realized repeatedly through several mediums from paintings to prints

This particular work (#32) is dedicated to the French art critic Pierre Volboudt

The complex background was created by layering and washing contrasting berry red tones then over-layed with a dynamic platinum white paint that is draped with momentum around the page

This reflected the allegorical Christian belief that each living thing had its own special meaning

JOY CHARBONNEAU "GREAT LAKES" ALUMINUM WALL SCULPTURE 20th century photography The title and location ofJoy Charbonneau is a well known and vital contributor to the Canadian design community. In addition to working as an architect at Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, she is also a noted artist and curator. Continuing in the tradition of artists such as Robert Motherwell and Damien Hirst, Charbonneau initiated, organized and contributed to seminal design exhibitions in Toronto such as "Heavy Metal" (2010), "Tools" (2011), and "Associates"