Chloé Desjardins
Quelque chose
In 2008, Chloé Desjardins completed a Bachelor's degree at Concordia University in the Studio Arts program. She then undertook a master's degree at the School of Visual and Media Arts at UQAM, completed in December 2011. During her training, she developed and later expanded on a strong interest in molding techniques. Sculpture now holds a prominent place in her practice. In recent years, she has participated in several group exhibitions and art events at various artist-run centres and galleries in Montreal. Her recent works have been presented at the Parisian Laundry (2011), Lilian Rodriguez Gallery, SAS Gallery and the Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal in collaboration with ESPACE Sculpture (2012). She is preparing an exhibition at the Maison des artistes visuels francophones in Manitoba, as well as at the Caravansérailartist-run centre in Rimouski (2013). She recently received the bourse de la relève du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québecand an article on her work was featured in issue 74 of the journal Esse. This is her first solo exhibition.
—OPENING THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 2012 AT 5 PM
Galerie B-312 is pleased to present the work of Chloé Desjardins, a Montreal-based artist in its main hall. Entitled Quelque chose, her first solo exhibition brings together works that have been presented as part of her master's degree at the Université du Québec à Montréal as well as new creations.-To create this corpus of plaster casts, the artist resorts to everyday objects, often industrial or manufactured, as well as textures that seem ordinary, but which acquire a new presence when iterated through other materials. By this simple operation of transmutation of the original material, a gap is created that recalls how much and at what distance sculpture places its subject. Simultaneously, these objects embody several paradoxes: familiar shapes that one would like to touch, become inaccessible, frozen in matter; unique works are developed from a copying technique.-Chloé Desjardins' practice suggests a certain sensitivity to the issues raised by minimalism and conceptual art, such as the influence of the exhibition space on appreciation of a work or the question of the sacralization of objects. Placed on plinths of varying sizes or protected behind Plexiglas, these objects highlight the codes and conventions governing the appreciation of a work of art. The artist questions the presence, the status and the effect of these devices in contextualization of the works.
-Summary of a text by Mathieu Menard
In 2008, Chloé Desjardins completed a Bachelor's degree at Concordia University in the Studio Arts program. She then undertook a master's degree at the School of Visual and Media Arts at UQAM, completed in December 2011. During her training, she developed and later expanded on a strong interest in molding techniques. Sculpture now holds a prominent place in her practice. In recent years, she has participated in several group exhibitions and art events at various artist-run centres and galleries in Montreal. Her recent works have been presented at the Parisian Laundry (2011), Lilian Rodriguez Gallery, SAS Gallery and the Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal in collaboration with ESPACE Sculpture (2012). She is preparing an exhibition at the Maison des artistes visuels francophones in Manitoba, as well as at the Caravansérailartist-run centre in Rimouski (2013). She recently received the bourse de la relève du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québecand an article on her work was featured in issue 74 of the journal Esse. This is her first solo exhibition.