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① Artwork:
Homage to the Square with Bubble Wrap and Packing Tape #11
This work is a perfect stand-in for a historical work from one of the minimalist movement's most influential series. The artist undertakes an enormous amount of research to technically and truthfully replicate the original painting, reconstructing it entirely from acrylic paint—including the trompe l'oeil bubble wrap, tape and cardboard that literally envelopes, secures and mummifies the cherished object.
Tammi Campbell takes trompe l’oeil, a genre of painting that relies on illusion, to its hyperrealistic extreme. With this work, she penetrates the male-dominated modernist and minimalist canons. She pays homage to the past while simultaneously taking it hostage, inviting viewers to ponder the received value of famous artworks.
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③ Artist:
Tammi Campbell’s paintings are made entirely from acrylic paint, including the trompe l'oeil bubble wrap and tape that enclose them. Through meticulous research, she creates hyperrealistic stand-ins of historical works. Campbell’s mummified compositions literally envelope and secure the male-dominated modernist and minimalist canons, paying homage to the past while simultaneously taking it hostage.
BIO:
Tammi Campbell was born in 1974. She holds a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada.
Over the past ten years, Campbell has shown in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and the United States, including at: Anat Ebgi in Los Angeles, California (2019); Arsenal, New York City (2019); the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Canada (2015); the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in Toronto, Canada (2014); the Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina, California (2013); Mercer Union in Toronto, Canada (2013); and the Galerie de l’UQAM in Montreal, Quebec (2013).
Campbell participated in the Canadian Biennale 2014 at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. She also participated in the 30th International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-St-Paul in Quebec.
Her work is in the permanent collections of many institutions, including: the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa; the University of Saskatchewan Art Collection in Saskatoon, Canada; the Royal Bank of Canada Financial Group in Toronto, Canada; and Banque Nationale du Canada in Montreal, Quebec.
Campbell lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
