Name/Title
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2015.17.01Description
Toronto-based artist Julia Dault (b. 1977) creates abstract paintings and sculptures that reveal the processes of their own making. Dault often uses unusual materials such as vinyl, silk, and spandex as the support for her paintings. She first builds up multiple layers of paint, and then through a process of removal, exposes the underlying painting using industrial tools such as squeegees, combs, sponges, and foam blocks. Indicative of Post-Minimalism and Conceptual art, each painting is composed with these tools as a way to set self-imposed rules that govern the making of the work.
Julia Dault has exhibited in biennials, museums, and galleries worldwide. Her artworks are in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the MCA Chicago, and the Art Gallery of Ontario, among other institutions. She has presented solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver (Canada) and the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Canada); participated in the New Museum Triennial (United States) and the Gwangju (South Korea) and Marrakech (Morocco) biennials; and been included in group exhibitions at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (Netherlands), the Pérez Art Museum Miami (United States), the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (Poland), and, most recently, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (United States). Her first monograph was published by Black Dog Press, the Power Plant, and CAG Vancouver in 2019.
https://juliadault.com/Artwork Details
Medium
oil on faux leather