Lorraine Gilbert
Born in Metz, France, in 1955
Logging Roads, Invermere, British Columbia
1989-1993, print 2013
2 ink-jet prints
56.2 x 71.5 cm (each)
Anonymous gift, inv. 2017.330.1-2
Graphic Arts
Studies in biology and forestry shaped Lorraine Gilbert’s vision of the land, but it was her experience as a tree planter in British Columbia that instigated her artistic practice and social activism: “Within the flow of thought, I always remained aware of the forest that once stood on the land surrounding me. Working in the clear-cut, to the treeline and back, again and again, I was constantly time travelling, crossing the threshold between worlds, visiting the once-living forest, now decimated by the logging companies, and I couldn’t help but think about the heartless destruction of the environment in the name of monetary profit.”
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