Winnie Truong’s large-scale drawings are highly conceptual, imbued with both sensual and strange elements, and charged with emotion. Channelling a surreal world, Truong’s work is playful yet powerful, meticulous, layered and laboured over until she deems the energy just so. What began as a series of entangled, furry, distinctly female figures has evolved into paper-cut sculptures suspended in ripe, botanical gardens, and now in movement through stop-motion film loops.
The Toronto-based artist’s most recent show, Supernatural, at Ottawa’s artist-run contemporary art gallery, SAW, featured a survey of different bodies of work – from line drawing to animation and installation – all of them showcasing Truong’s ability to push the possibilities of scale.
Published in Invest in Style magazine, Spring 2020.
