Vikky Alexander

Vikky Alexander

            Vikky Alexander is a well-known Canadian artist who works with installation.  Her installations are made with photography, drawings, and collages.  She also works with sculptural objects, which are often geometric and are constructed of mirrors.  Vikky Alexander is associated with the Appropriation art movement, in which found objects are used with little or no altercations.  This idea of “borrowing” reflects in Alexander’s work, as well as the use of collage and digital transferring.  In her sculptures, such as Glass Bed With Tables, Alexander uses geometrically shaped glass to create simplistic versions of everyday household furniture.  Her large-scale photo-installations like Morning Forest are so large that the viewer feels transported into a new environment.  Her other installations that involve the use of mirrors create an altered sense of reality.

            I like Vikky Alexander’s use of mirrors within her artworks, especially in her installation pieces because mirrors are so good for altering the senses of the viewer.  I also like the large scale of photography that Alexander works at.  Although I did not like Alexander’s photography, I was inspired by the photo appropriations she used in some of her pieces.  I think that her color photography is stronger than her black and white photography.