Cal Lane (born 1968) is a Canadian sculptor, known for creating delicate, lacy sculptures out of industrial steel products.

Early life and education

Lane was born in

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...

in 1968 and raised on

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, where she trained as a hairdresser and a welder. She has a bachelor's degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the

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Art

Cal Lane uses a plasma cutter or an

oxy-acetylene Principle of burn cutting Oxy-fuel welding (commonly called oxyacetylene welding, oxy welding, or gas welding in the United States) and oxy-fuel cutting are processes that use fuel gases (or liquid fuels such as gasoline or petrol, diesel, ...

torch to cut intricate patterns into industrial steel products. Lane's work is often described in terms of dichotomy or contrast. Fred A. Bernstein wrote in ''The New York Times'': "The work is about the contrasts between the industrial and the fanciful, the opaque and the transparent." Writing for ''Sculpture'' magazine, Robin Peck said: "The dialectic is obvious: industrial versus domestic, strong versus delicate, masculine versus feminine, functional versus decorative." Lori Zimmer wrote: "Lane enjoys pushing the dichotomy of feminine and masculine by combining patterns of domesticity with these cold, harsh symbols of masculine blue collar labor."

Exhibitions

*2004 ''Dirt Lace,''

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*2007 ''Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting'' Museum of Arts and Design *2008 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park *2010 ''Sweet Crude,'' Art Gallery of Mississauga;

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*2015 ''Veiled Hoods and Stains,''

Yukon Arts Centre The Yukon Arts Centre (YAC) an arts centre and gallery located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The art centre opened in May 1992 and contains a 428-seat theatre, and a used to hosts arts performances and exhibitions. The arts centre permanent colle ...

*2016

Sharjah Art Museum The Sharjah Art Museum is an art museum in the city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.Sharjah Art Museum

Awards
*2001 International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture *2006 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship *2007 Joseph S. Stauffer Prize

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Cal Living people 1968 births 21st-century Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian sculptors Canadian women sculptors NSCAD University alumni Artists from Halifax, Nova Scotia State University of New York at Purchase alumni Welders 21st-century women sculptors