
Allyson Clay
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: British Columbia
Year of Birth: 1953
City: Vancouver
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist, Writer
Gender: Female
Mediums: curation, installation, painting, photography, video
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Work by Allyson Clay

Paintings with Voices (He was conscious of the rhythmical)
Work ID: 8765
Measurements: 60.96 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1989
Materials: oil on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Paintings with Voices (He never worried)
Work ID: 8766
Measurements: 60.96 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1989
Materials: oil on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Encouraging Advice)
Work ID: 8770
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Traveler)
Work ID: 8768
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (After a Long Time)
Work ID: 8773
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People
Work ID: 8775
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Encounter)
Work ID: 8767
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Freeway Challenge)
Work ID: 8772
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Vista)
Work ID: 8776
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Tears)
Work ID: 8769
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Connection)
Work ID: 8779
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Retrieval)
Work ID: 8774
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Paper Boats)
Work ID: 8778
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traces of a City in the Spaces Between Some People (Getaway)
Work ID: 8771
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: mixed media on medite
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Traveler)
Work ID: 8789
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Exhibition installation, Costin & Klintworth Gallery, view 1 of 3
Work ID: 8780
Description: Exhibition installation, Costin & Klintworth Gallery, Toronto, 1993
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Regina)
Work ID: 8792
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Instead)
Work ID: 8788
Measurements: 60.96 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Cigar)
Work ID: 8790
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Danger)
Work ID: 8784
Measurements: triptych: 185.42 x 77.47 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (A Foreign Place)
Work ID: 8787
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Routines)
Work ID: 8783
Measurements: diptych: 62.23 x 123.825 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Exhibition installation, YYZ Artists Outlet, Toronto
Work ID: 8793
Description: Exhibition installation, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, 1993. Curator: Carol Laing.
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Twitch)
Work ID: 8791
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (It Was Different Here)
Work ID: 8785
Measurements: triptych: 77.47 x 185.42 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Exhibition installation, Costin & Klintworth Gallery, view 2 of 3
Work ID: 8781
Description: Exhibition installation, Costin & Klintworth Gallery, Toronto, 1993
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Some places in the world a woman could walk (Water)
Work ID: 8786
Measurements: 60.96 x 121.92 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials: acrylic, photographs and silkscreen on canvas
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Exhibition installation, Costin & Klintworth Gallery, view 3 of 3
Work ID: 8782
Description: Exhibition installation, Costin & Klintworth Gallery, Toronto, 1993
Collection:
Date Made: 1993
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Traversing the Farmland Against the Grain
Work ID: 8796
Collection:
Date Made: 1995
Materials: drawing, colour laser print and parchment on paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

no title
Work ID: 8794
Collection:
Date Made: 1995
Materials: drawing, colour laser print and parchment on paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

I Know I’m a Fish
Work ID: 8795
Collection:
Date Made: 1995
Materials: drawing, colour laser print and parchment on paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Botched Vista (Disneyland Interruptions I), installation view
Work ID: 8800
Measurements: 223.52 x 182.88 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1997
Materials: transmounted c-print with formica frame, vinyl text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Ellipses (Disneyland Interruptions II), installation view
Work ID: 8801
Measurements: 91.44 x 914.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1997
Materials: 3 transmounted c-prints with metal frames, vinyl text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled III (self portrait)
Work ID: 8807
Measurements: text: 23.495 x 18.415 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: framed text and backlit cibachrome
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Private Floating World
Work ID: 8812
Measurements: each: 52.07 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: 3 transmounted c-prints with metal frames
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled III (self portrait), detail 1 of 2
Work ID: 8809
Measurements: 23.495 x 18.415 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: framed text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled III (self portrait), detail 2 of 2
Work ID: 8808
Measurements: 64.77 x 64.77 x 14.605 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: backlit cibachrome
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Private Floating World, detail 1 of 3
Work ID: 8813
Measurements: 52.07 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: transmounted c-print with metal frames
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Private Floating World, detail 3 of 3
Work ID: 8815
Measurements: 52.07 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: transmounted c-print with metal frames
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Private Floating World, detail 2 of 3
Work ID: 8814
Measurements: 52.07 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1995-1998
Materials: transmounted c-print with metal frames
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A day just like the kind of day that always follows the day before, detail 2 of 2
Work ID: 8799
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: mounted aluminum lightbox with colour duratrans and acrylic painted stenciled text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A day just like the kind of day that always follows the day before, detail 1 of 2
Work ID: 8798
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: mounted aluminum lightbox with colour duratrans and acrylic painted stenciled text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A day just like the kind of day that always follows the day before
Work ID: 8797
Measurements: 0.696 m
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: 2 mounted aluminum lightboxes with colour duratrans and acrylic painted stenciled text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled I (my sense of place), detail 2 of 2
Work ID: 8804
Measurements: 23.495 x 18.415 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: framed c-print
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled II (previously swallowed small artifacts), detail
Work ID: 8806
Measurements: 64.77 x 64.77 x 14.605 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: backlit cibachrome
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled II (previously swallowed small artifacts), installation view
Work ID: 8805
Measurements: 0.1044 walls: 0.5916 m
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: backlit cibachrome, framed fujix print, vinyl text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled I (my sense of place), detail 1 of 2
Work ID: 8803
Measurements: 64.77 x 64.77 x 14.605 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: backlit cibachrome
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Untitled I (my sense of place), installation view
Work ID: 8802
Measurements: 0.0696 walls: 0.3132 x 0.4176 m
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: backlit cibachrome, framed c-print, vinyl text
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A Constant Longing
Work ID: 8810
Description: Edition of 2.
Measurements: 13.97 x 33.02 x 10.16 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: Ilfochrome transparency, coloured plexiglass, fluorescent lights and fixtures
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A Constant Longing, detail
Work ID: 8811
Description: Edition of 2.
Measurements: 13.97 x 33.02 x 10.16 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1998
Materials: Ilfochrome transparency, coloured plexiglass, fluorescent lights and fixtures
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A faint and fragmentary glimpse, installation detail 1 of 3
Work ID: 8823
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-1999
Materials: VCR, video projector, sandblasted glass, video/audio loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A faint and fragmentary glimpse, installation detail 2 of 3
Work ID: 8824
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-1999
Materials: video still from 1 hour video
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A faint and fragmentary glimpse, installation detail 3 of 3
Work ID: 8825
Description: video still from 1 hour video
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-1999
Materials: video still
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Penthouse, video still from Improper Perspectives
Work ID: 8821
Measurements: vidéo de 1 heure
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-2000
Materials: still from video loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

bland, video still from Improper Perspectives
Work ID: 8822
Measurements: vidéo de 1 heure
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-2000
Materials: still from video loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

yoga, video still from Improper Perspectives
Work ID: 8820
Measurements: vidéo de 1 heure
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-2000
Materials: still from video loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Single window, video still from Improper Perspectives
Work ID: 8818
Measurements: vidéo de 1 heure
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-2000
Materials: still from video loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

interior, video still from Improper Perspectives
Work ID: 8819
Measurements: vidéo de 1 heure
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-2000
Materials: still from video loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Kitchen window, video still from Improper Perspectives
Work ID: 8817
Measurements: vidéo de 1 heure
Collection:
Date Made: 1998-2000
Materials: still from video loop
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A brief moment in Time installation view 3 of 3
Work ID: 8849
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: video stills mounted on aluminum
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, installation view
Work ID: 8831
Measurements: 50.8 panels, each: 40.64 x 46.355 cm; 103.124 x 117.856 cm framed
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Improper Perspectives, installation view 1 of 2
Work ID: 8845
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: 5 video projections on sandblasted glass
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 8 of 10
Work ID: 8841
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, installation detail 1 of 2
Work ID: 8832
Measurements: 15.24 of 50.8 panels, each: 40.64 x 46.355 cm; 103.124 x 117.856 cm framed
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A brief moment in Time installation view 1 of 3
Work ID: 8847
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: video stills mounted on aluminum
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Imaginary Standard Distance, installation view
Work ID: 8826
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: tripod, video camera with open screen, work table, 1 hour video, (day and night versions)
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 4 of 10
Work ID: 8837
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 5 of 10
Work ID: 8838
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 10 of 10
Work ID: 8843
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Improper Perspectives, installation view 2 of 2
Work ID: 8846
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: 5 video projections on sandblasted glass
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Imaginary Standard Distance, detail 1 of 3
Work ID: 8828
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: video still from day version (1 hour video)
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Imaginary Standard Distance, detail 2 of 3
Work ID: 8829
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: video still from day version (1 hour video)
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Imaginary Standard Distance, detail 3 of 3
Work ID: 8830
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: video still from night version (1 hour video)
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 2 of 10
Work ID: 8835
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 9 of 10
Work ID: 8842
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, installation detail 2 of 2
Work ID: 8833
Measurements: 15.24 of 50.8 panels, each: 40.64 x 46.355 cm; 103.124 x 117.856 cm framed
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 3 of 10
Work ID: 8836
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 6 of 10
Work ID: 8839
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

A brief moment in Time installation view 2 of 3
Work ID: 8850
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: video stills mounted on aluminum
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 1 of 10
Work ID: 8834
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Quiet Enjoyment, detail 7 of 10
Work ID: 8840
Measurements: 2.54 of 50.8 panels: 40.64 x 46.355 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: watercolour on Arches cold pressed 140 lb watercolour paper
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

Imaginary Standard Distance, installation detail
Work ID: 8827
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: tripod, video camera with open screen, work table, 1 hour video, (day and night versions)
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA