COLIN LYONS - BOOMTOWN

April 17-May 16 2009
Opening Reception: April 17th at 8pm
Artist Talk: April 16th at 8pm in the upstairs event space

Colin Lyons' Boomtown depicts out of use industrial buildings along the Lachine Canal in Montreal. These buildings, once active centres of production, now range from serving as artist studios to empty relics.

Lyons uses etched zinc plates to print images of industrial buildings that he later meticulously crafts into fragile paper sculptures. After a set number of prints are made, Lyons solders the zinc plates themselves to make the final item in the series.

Lyons is currently based in Montreal.