About —
The exhibition Eric Simon: Sequential Portraits pivots on two axes: the portrait as the result of a process of observation and identification, and the portrait as a representation of feelings. The spectator is faced with four series of oil portraits, each of which is made up of 16 images laid out in a horizontal strip, along with a group of drawings which occupies an entire section of wall. Each series of painted portraits is devoted to a young person perceived from 16 different angles as if in rotation about a fixed axis. The series of pencil drawings constitutes a selection from a personal “diary in self-portraits” which the artist kept between 1980 and 2004.
This exhibition is produced by the Musée d’art de Joliette and curated by Eve-Lyne Beaudry, assistant curator of the Musée. His work can also be seen at the Graff Gallery, in Montreal, from May 24 to June 30.
Biography —
Eric Simon holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University and graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1999 with a Master of Visual and Media Arts degree. His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Europe, the United States, Australia and Taiwan. He is currently professor in the Fine Arts department of John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.