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To celebrate its grand reopening, the Musée d’art de Joliette is presenting the monumental installation Crystalloid Structures by the artist Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret. Comprised of over 10,000 origami pieces, hand-made by the public, this collaborative work is the first to be exposed in the museum’s hall. Bright andplayful, Crystalloid Structures welcomes visitors as soon as they enter the building.
Crystalloid Structures is a volumetric crawling work of art that intermingles with the stairs, columns and hall floor. Carefully manipulated, each paper module was printed beforehand. Drawn up over a long period of time, this installation is a real visual firework. Its live colours and surprising ramifications will astound young and old.
Third edition of the Mur à mur series, Crystalloid Structures is part of the Musée d’art de Joliette’s desire to make people discover unique artwork from current artists. As well as offering an exhibition space, Mur à mur provides the guest artist with a creative space where they can follow their own approach.
Process
The occupation of space is at the heart of Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret’s artistic concerns. Her installations, made of printed pieces of paper, folded then assembled, form abstract and geometric structures inspired by construction blocks and rudimentary video game graphics. Completely adjustable, her artwork presents itself as a progressive process, multiplying in a material manner in the exhibition area.
Courageously hybrid, Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret’s pieces are produced starting with drawings and photographic images, which are modified and then printed. The artist uses print media as her raw material, and manipulates her creations to give them an almost architectural form. Stemming from a reflection on perception and the occupation of space, Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret’s process generates ambiguity between the notions of surface and interface, space and image.
Biography —
A native of Granby, Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret has been practicing and studying visual arts for over fifteen years. She was first noticed thanks to her artist books, which have been displayed and acquired by important museal institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago (Flaxman Library). Having learned from this practice and through her reflections on prints, the artist then concentrated on printed modular installations. A PhD student in artistic studies and practices at UQÀM, Andrée-Anne Dupuis Bourret is also a guest professor at the Studio Arts department at Concordia University. Recognised on the international scene, her work has been displayed in Mexico, the Netherlands, Israel, the United States and in Canada. In addition to her practice, the artist is also a blogger, commissioner and very active in the milieu of artist-run centres.