Shary Boyle: Otherworld Uprising

by Shary Boyle, Josée Drouin-Brisebois (Contributor), Ben Portis (Contributor)

Otherworld Uprising is the first major monograph for Toronto-based Shary Boyle, who is becoming known for her uncanny and exquisite porcelain figurines that skillfully subvert the historical expectations inherent to this traditional material. Boyle's multifaceted practice also includes figurative drawing, painting and performances that give voice to the under-represented--children, animals and women--while also taking on aspects of the spiritual and the metaphysical. Through dream-like references to mythology and fairytales, her imagery illustrates female desire from a female point of view.
Boyle is also known for her multi-layered audio-visual performances, during which she does live drawings on an overhead projector. Many of these have been incorporated into shows by musicians such as Feist, Peaches, Christine Fellows and Will Oldham. This volume contains new stories by novelist Sheila Heti, illustrated by Boyle, as well as texts by the Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, Josée Drouin-Brisebois, and Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Ben Portis.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Kathryn Hart · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember when I first purchased this book years ago; I was at the Pages store (when it was still open) opposite the MuchMusic building. I loved it. I had seen Shary Boyle sculptures before at A Space Gallery. This was the entire collection photographed for the book.

[Arpad Okay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely stunning ceramic sculptures. Unlike anything of this or any other age. Beautiful large color format. Distributed by Buenaventura Press.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can not go wrong looking at or reading about Shary Boyle's work. Soooo good. Shary was kind enough to give me a copy post performance at BAM. Inspiring and dangerous work.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful drawing/painting and startling sculpture