About —
Tangible Memory features several highly original works by a young Lanaudière artist.
Jannick Deslauriers makes carefully assembled cloth sculptures that are suspended by a network of threads. These sculptures reproduce three-dimensional objects. But, by having no armature, by being flat and unstable, they challenge the volumetric nature and the stability of classical sculpture conveying a sensation of movement and whirling that blurs the distinctions between genres. The play of light and shadows enhances the formal qualities of these immaterial objects creating an almost ghostlike presence, a dramatic atmosphere, which highlights the particular aesthetic of these soft and stark likenesses. The show will present one major work, several smaller pieces representative of the artist’s work in two dimensions and a brand new piece made of thread sewn on paper, which was created especially for this show.
Biography —
A graduate of Concordia University in the visual arts, Jannick Deslauriers is originally from Joliette. In the past few years her work has been the subject of several solo shows in Québec: Champ de bataille at Galerie SAS and Traces et linceuls at Galerie Circa, both in Montréal, and What Is Left at L’Écart in Rouyn-Noranda. What Is Left was also exhibited at the Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto. In 2009, Deslaurier’s work was featured at PULSE Contemporary Art Fair in New York. The artist lives and works in Montréal, and teaches art at Marie- Victorin College.