Notes

“Lucy is the first sculpture to confront us as she rises up alone in the splendid isolation of the first gallery, effortlessly transforming the space into her via dolorosa, her site of martyrdom. Catlin consistently explores the dolorous extremities of the feminine condition, and Lucy whose disfigured body is scarred by time, pain and exhaustion, also dwells on the onset of age, loss of looks and deepening solitude. However her effigy not only records her insecurity, doubt and dread, it also commemorates her indomitable will to survive”.¹

1. Lloyd Pollak (2015) “The Forgery of Sculpture”. [Online], Available: https://artthrob.co.za/2015/ 04/27/the-forgery-of-sculpture/ [20 December 2019]

Exhibited

SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, Forged: New Sculptures by Gail Catlin, Ruann Coleman, Barend de Wet, 21 March to 2 May 2015.