Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill in Frieze

October 25, 2024

5 Shows to See During Art Toronto

By Xenia Benivolski

Eight hours of work, eight hours of sleep, eight legs? Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, an artist and writer from Comox, British Columbia, often works with found materials to address themes of private property, capitalism and alternative economies. ‘The Spider Plays’, which arrives on the heels of her first Toronto institutional exhibition at Mercer Union, is an unconventional and very funny show that explores themes of fear, labour and anxiety through the imagined lives of spiders. Several sculptural elements bring the spiders’ world to life at a human scale. Silk pyjamas with four arms and fuzzy sneakers covered in fine, hair-like threads anticipate an audience. Text, structured as concrete poetry, takes the form of stage directions and dialogue arranged into spider-like shapes, which are framed and hung above a walk-on platform. Looking at the compositions one finds sensitive works on paper layered with ink, text and collage.

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For more information about Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill please contact the gallery:

info@coopercolegallery.com

+1.416.531.8000

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