The Dressing Room (Pupils, Lens, Focus)
Pupils, 2019, Porcelain, stoneware, Overall: 50 x 41 x 20 cm 44 × 30 × 24 cm (17 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.). Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Sculpture Fund, 2022. 2022/24
Lens, 2020. Stoneware, Duo view mirror, horsehair, epoxy, Overall: 44 × 30 × 24 cm (17 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.). Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Sculpture Fund, 2022. 2022/24
Focus, 2020. Terra-cotta, porcelain, glazes, epoxy, Overall: 52 × 36 × 24 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.). Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Sculpture Fund, 2022. 2022/23
The Dressing Room was part of Outside the Palace of Me, Boyle’s first solo Canadian museum tour since she represented Canada at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. The works are a series of busts; each offers a distinct commentary on the division between the private self, and our public presentation. They present a feminist critique on the double gaze between self-view, inner gaze, and introspectiveness, with the awareness of the external view on oneself and being constantly observed and judged. Boyle points out contradictions between being watched, in a way that makes us feel alienated, versus being witnessed, which makes us feel seen.
The Dressing Room (Pupils, Lens, Focus)
Pupils, 2019, Porcelain, stoneware, Overall: 50 x 41 x 20 cm 44 × 30 × 24 cm (17 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.). Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Sculpture Fund, 2022. 2022/24
Lens, 2020. Stoneware, Duo view mirror, horsehair, epoxy, Overall: 44 × 30 × 24 cm (17 5/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.). Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Sculpture Fund, 2022. 2022/24
Focus, 2020. Terra-cotta, porcelain, glazes, epoxy, Overall: 52 × 36 × 24 cm (20 1/2 × 14 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.). Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchase, with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts and The Sculpture Fund, 2022. 2022/23
The Dressing Room was part of Outside the Palace of Me, Boyle’s first solo Canadian museum tour since she represented Canada at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. The works are a series of busts; each offers a distinct commentary on the division between the private self, and our public presentation. They present a feminist critique on the double gaze between self-view, inner gaze, and introspectiveness, with the awareness of the external view on oneself and being constantly observed and judged. Boyle points out contradictions between being watched, in a way that makes us feel alienated, versus being witnessed, which makes us feel seen.
