Theatre of Illusion
LORI NIX
LISA STINNER
November 1 - December 1, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday December 1, 6 - 8 PM


Image: Lori Nix, Museum of Art

Photography is no longer the faithful representation of reality it was once thought to be. Photographs today
resemble a hall of mirrors, each one distorting reality more than the last. Which mirror/photograph reveals the
truth? None, actually, and this is what makes the subject of the ‘real’ such hotly contested ground. Conversely,
this is why photography is the ideal tool to subvert of our concept of reality.
- Barbara Gilbert (Full essay by Barbara Gilbert is available on our website and exhibition brochure.)



Image: Lisa Stinner, Munich (poppy mound)

Lisa Stinner
Since graduating from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago with a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Photography,
Stinner’s work has also been featured in several exhibitions,
locally, nationally and internationally among them a solo
exhibition at PLATFORM Gallery, Winnipeg. She has received
numerous grants and scholarships, and most recently was
awarded a Visual Arts grant from the Manitoba Arts Council.
Her work has been written about in Border Crossings
magazine, the exhibition monograph vague terrain published
by PLATFORM gallery, the Winnipeg Free Press and Warehouse,
a journal of the Faculty of Architecture, University of
Manitoba. Stinner’s photographs have also been highlighted
in several juried publications including Carte Blanche (2006)
and Flash Forward (2006, 2007). Stinner obtained her Bachelor
of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Manitoba
where she has been teaching photography as a sessional
instructor.

Lori Nix
Lori Nix’s constructed environments form the basis
of her photographs. Cardboard, plaster and paint
are employed to create highly detailed dioramas that
once photographed, blur the line between truth and
illusion. Her photographs toy with romantic notions
of landscape with lush, rich color and theatrical lighting,
magnifying a sense of isolation and melancholy.
Nix has exhibited extensively at reputable institutions
such as the California Museum of Photography, Riverside,
CA, White Columns in New York City, and the
Houston Center for Photography in Houston, TX and
the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. Lori Nix
has received several awards, grants and residencies in
the US.
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EXHIBITION BROCHURE AND ESSAY BY BARBARA GILBERT