GAMES NEEDLES PLAY / Group Exhibition / Museum London, London ON , 2001 / Johnnene Maddison, guest curator



















HOOKED: HUGH DILLON OF THE HEADSTONES

Wire embroidered onto
wool suiting, fish hooks,
92" h x 42"w, 2001










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Text for this piece was selected from these two pages of lyrics and notes from Hugh Dillon's notebook

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Postscript . . .








PORTRAIT OF MY FATHER:
ADVICE FOR EVERYONE, embroidered cotton, 20"h x 44"w,1999

My father used to gather his
thoughts on old envelopes, flyers, whatever was to hand.

Herman just reminded me that I made a connection between the sentiment in this aphorism of my dad's and in Hugh Dillon's song lyric.







Advice for Everyone:

Do not allow yourself to be
swept along and overwhelmed
by the enthusiastic solidarity (unified will)
of a crowd of more than two
people. There is madness in
numbers.