Ancestry - 1997

corridor view

mirror view

Materials: wood, plaster, drywall, metal studs
Dimensions: 168 x 60 x 73 cm / 67" x 24" x 29"

A corridor flipped inside out with lathe & plaster revealed on one wall, metal studs & drywall on the other. Through the corridor one enters a room where a standing "mirror" faces a small oval where the drywall paper has been removed. Site-specific to Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto.

Ben Portis: "Lyla Rye" Parachute Magazine. Issue #89, 1998
Betty Ann Jordan: "The Past Reflected..." The Globe & Mail. June 7, 1997

Exhibition History:
1997 'Lyla Rye' Robert Birch Gallery (Toronto)