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Domestic

By |January 1st, 2003|Categories: air, space|Tags: |

[nggallery id=39] 2003 inkjet print on polyester, steel frame (48 X 56 in / 122 x 142) cm with fan A fabric-printed photograph of clouds seen from a plane is stretched over a steel frame supported a few inches above the floor. A fan nearby causes a vertiginous rippling of the image. many things were left unsaid, Gairloch Gallery of Oakville Galleries, ON, Canada (2003); curator: Kim Simon Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada (2006)

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Secret Visibility

By |February 1st, 2002|Categories: air, light|Tags: |

[nggallery id=18] 2002 acetate discs, nylon threads; fans on timers Discs hand-cut from acetate are attached to the gallery’s walls in an undulating mass. Household fans placed overhead turn on and off at different intervals, causing the discs to flicker and reflect whatever light passes into the unlit room from two passageways. The discs never move all at the same time and in some parts of the room are not visible when still. Some day soon you'll stop searching for meaning, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal, Canada (2002); technical assistance: Simon Nakonechny Sense, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada (2004); [...]

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Cumulous

By |April 1st, 2000|Categories: air, space|Tags: , , |

[nggallery id=17] 2000 Installation: plastic bags (7 X 9 in and 9 X 12 in); steel wire; nylon fishing line Small plastic bags, each filled with a breath of air, are suspended by fine, coiled wires at head height. Holes made through gallery walls let in air, wind, dust, snow. The viewer may walk amidst the bags — they bob about and cling to hair and clothing, whispering around the ears. Cumulous, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (2000); curator: Joan Stebbins Breathing Room, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (2001); curator: Anthony Kiendl Bonheur et simulacres, La Manif [...]

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Bubbilicious

By |March 1st, 2000|Categories: air, skin|Tags: |

[nggallery id=13] 2000 glass, ,steel, bubblegum: 19 x 23.5 x 4 in / 50 X 60 X 10 cm Evidence, Plein Sud, Longueuil, Québec (2000); curator: Hélène Poirier 25 artistes, 25 ans, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montréal (2001) metalwork: Louis Barrette Métaux Ouvrés photos: Paul Litherland

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