Miss Lyn Cardinal is a living legend in the Boston punk underground, partially for founding the Boston Groupie News fanzine in 1975. While the print edition went defunct in 1982, it’s been resuscitated as an online ‘zine and will scratch your punk itch for you on a daily basis.
But Miss Lyn is first and foremost an artist. Her works will be on view all month at Carberry’s Café (74 Prospect St. Cambridge MA). For many years Miss Lyn Cardinal divided her time between two bodies of work: large, non-traditional pastel paintings featuring mysterious, organic shapes resting in their own private environments and evocative collage and assemblages. Lyn finds her true story-telling voice through her collage & assemblage work. She is inspired not only by the beauty in a single found-object but by the magic created when it is combined with the grace of the written word. Beginning in 2006 Lyn reached a new point in her work and combined her pastel shapes with her collages. Lyn’s collages hint at stories and secrets begging to be told.
"I want to draw the viewer into a different world in which they become a part of the piece. By creating a sense of mystery, the viewer must interpret, and make sense of, the clues presented — using either their own personal language or that of the collective subconscious."
An opening reception is at Carberry’s on Saturday, April 7th from 6pm to 8pm. "It’s before Iggy!" writes Miss Lyn in an email. (Of course Miss Lyn’s super cool crowd would know that Iggy and the Stooges are playing the Orpheum that night. Here at LBSH.com, we had to, um, look it up.)
(Pictured: Blue, Green & Brown in Orange, 2000. Pastel on Paper, 24.5" x 36")
Links:
http://lyncardinal.com/
http://www.bostongroupienews.com/