Olas de Viento (Wind Waves)
Yvonne Domenge
Gary Point Park
Included in the Vancouver International Biennale, this work by the international Mexican artist Yvonne Domenge, is temporarily installed in Richmond until Summer 2011.
Much of Domenge’s work references nature, architecture and a fascination with form and geometry. In this intense red circular form Domenge provides us with an elegant decorative form full of curves and movement. The circular form is rhythmic and undulating creating the sense of a waving motion within a contained form. Olas de Viento will temporarily be installed in Gary Point Park, becoming a buoy in the natural environment and a beckon to fisherman on their return home.
Working in materials as diverse as wood, stone, cement, clay, marble, carbon steel, porcelain, silver and resin Domenge has had more than forty individual exhibitions and participated in close to 200 group exhibitions in cities across Mexico, the United States, Canada, China and Europe, including the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
In addition to being recognized for her artistic and creative work Domenge has also engaged in the mentoring of young sculptors and in projects addressing social issues, such as housing programs in the State of Chiapas (Programa Emergente de Vivienda para Chiapas Nuevo Milenio) as well as creating sculptures with the participation of the inhabitants of the Buenos Aires neighbourhood, a low-income housing area in Mexico City.
For media release on this art work see:
http://www.richmond.ca/news/city/firstbiennale.htm
For more information see: www.vancouverbiennale.com or www.domenge.com
All photographs by Christina Lazar-Schuler
