Montréal, May 31, 2022 – From June 9 through September 2, 2022, the Espace VERRE gallery presents Au-delà de l’identité the exhibition of our 31st class of graduates of the Fine Craft – Glass Option programme offered in collaboration with the Cégep du Vieux Montréal. Following three years of studying and exploring the many glass art techniques, this huge achievement will mark the professional debuts of Pamela Boissonneault, Dorothée Bouliane and Alexi Garneau.
In her quest to find ways to express her artistic ideas, Pamela Boissonneault discovered the lost wax and pâte de verre technique. This inspired her to create colorful and lively glassworks permeated in mystery. Fascinated by the eeriness of horror films from the 20th century, she reprises elements of disembodied body parts in her work. Inspired by a quote by Yvon Deveault: “The human being has two faces: the one that he shows us and the one that he really has.” The beauty of her work lies in the minimalism of colour, the black and whiteness, conveyor of vibrant emotions.
Fascinated by poetry and storytelling, Dorothée Bouliane becomes a conjurer in the glassblowing studio, where she blows bubbles that are ready to float away. She also sculpts with the pâte de verre technique which permitted her to create an imaginary city from her own personal experience and sensitivity. Soaring from this city, an effigy of the artist is surrounded by fragments, poems and a recipe. Her half-full baggage is the bearer of truth. There is the opacity, there is also transparency. Also, there is the exploration of the absurd, the irrational, the striking fragility. This will ultimately lead the spectator towards the infinite world of glass which is also a house that is constantly boiling.
From onset of being at the studio-school, Alexi Garneau was captivated by flameworking which very quickly became his favorite technique. His works are like glass drawings with elegant and electrifying lines. Whether with borosilicate or neon, this physical contact with glass gives him a sense of more freedom, finesse and understanding of the material. Fascinated by the works of sociologist Charles Horton Cooley, the promising young neonist ponders about the ways that our interactions with others influence our self-image that finally is constantly dividing. His masterwork is a neon consisting of three interlocking faces. The captivated eye loses itself in the luminous drawings that are attempting to pierce through to what lies deep in our thoughts, beyond identity.
Espace VERRE is a glass creativity centre located at 1200 Mill Street in Montreal. The gallery is open for visits Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. as well as the last Sunday of every month, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free of charge
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Photos: Thomas Martin-Creuzot
Graphic Design: BERGER.studio
Source:
Narges Qurban, Communications Manager
communication@espaceverre.qc.ca
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