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Scott Lyall Audiocast: A Gala Fundraiser’s Minus-One?

Power Plant, Toronto Sep 20 to Nov 3 2008
Scott Lyall <I>The Color Ball</I> 2008 Installation view / photo the Power Plant Scott Lyall The Color Ball 2008 Installation view / photo the Power Plant

Scott Lyall <I>The Color Ball</I> 2008 Installation view / photo the Power Plant

Scott Lyall Audiocast: A Gala Fundraiser’s Minus-One?

Over the past few years, Los Angeles–trained, Toronto-based artist Scott Lyall has won renown for his innovative approach to installation art. Often, Lyall manipulates everyday-looking materials to make dramatically decentreing interventions on a space. Now, with his latest exhibit “The Color Ball” just opened in Toronto, Lyall puts the flotsam and jetsam of arts fundraising galas to similar purposes—though as he explains in this interview with Leah Sandals, the exhibition is to him more about formalist design than political disenfranchisement. While touring the exhibition on site, Lyall also reveals his assessment of his recent project at SITE Santa Fe, his take on the state of contemporary art institutions, and—last but certainly not least—his observations on the formal qualities of fog machines. (running time 29 minutes 40 seconds)

Artist Scott Lyall

Artist Scott Lyall

This article was first published online on September 25, 2008.

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