Suzy Lake: Standing Her Ground

• Main Author: Reckitt, Helena
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Steidl 2017
• Subjects: Bear Island; Detroit
• Online Access: https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20022/; https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20022/1/Suzy%20Lake_Standing%20her%20Ground_Helena%20Reckitt_Scotiabank%20Photography%20Prize%20Catalogue_copyedited.pdf; https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20022/2/Suzy%20Lake_Screen%20Shot%20Catalogue_Steidl_2.png; https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/20022/3/Suzy%20Lake_Steil%20Catalogue_2017.png

Written for the exhibition catalogue of Detroit-born, Toronto-based artist Suzy Lake artist, ‘Standing her Ground’ considers the artist’s career-long exploration of gender, ageing, and identity. It ranges from Lake’s performance and self-portraiture works of the early 1970s, with which she first rea...