Kate Lyddon
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RAZZLE DAZZLE THEM, GALLERI ANDERS LUNDMARK, STOCKHOLM, 2009 To hide true meaning, is perhaps a strange premise for an exhibition and maybe also a peculiar contradiction to Lyddon's work, where meanings and inner thoughts seem so explicitly revealed. After all, Razzle dazzle them is one way to pull the wool over someone's eyes, but in this case it's the razzle and the dazzle that provides both meaning and surface to the show. The figures and voices that occupy Lyddon's canvases, drawings and objects are well suited to an occupation in razzle, dazzle and deception, but they are cursed with an improbable attribute for someone in that line of work; the inability to keep quiet. So much so, it's difficult not to imagine that Lyddon is using these multiple voices as a means to manifest her own dreams and desires. In fact, it is often tempting to read Lyddon's work as autobiographical, but her unique use of words, collage and paint creates complex layers of suggestion that will always defy this type of conclusion. For this exhibition at Galleri Anders Lundmark, Lyddon has produced an entirely new and unseen body of work. Alongside new paintings and drawings sit the more recent object based work Lyddon has created which demonstrate more clearly than ever her belief in the possibility of using words as a suggestive device as effective as paint on the canvas. What's true of all the works is that narratives are started, but rarely concluded, dreams are introduced and their exact opposites are brought alive in the same moment. The desire to be a dancer sits alongside the desire to stay at home and do nothing at all. The razzle and dazzle are interwoven into a depth of meaning that allow for a very real and human experience of Lyddon's work and one that resonates far beyond the experience of the gallery.
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