Everything held together (pour l’instant)
[nggallery id=42] 2013 Exhibition of new work and works in progress, including photos, drawings, photo-drawings, transitional works, transitory works, reflective installations and photo installations, many of which changed, were added, or were destroyed throughout the course of the exhibition. For more information and to watch a video made by José Garcia to accompany the exhibition, please visit the gallery website www.pfoac com review: http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2013/04/karilee-fuglem-a-pierre-francois-ouellette-art-contemporain
there’s a place on my back that isn’t there
[nggallery id=25] 2005 nylon stretch cord, steel cables, plywood and steel mounting structure: 126 x 60 x 84 in / 315 x 150 x 210 cm Elastic cord is woven between steel cables, creating a space large enough for a person to enter and be supported, leaning into the webbed threads. The cables trace a “constellation” of skin on the artist's back. [See Out here in space, 2005.] connective tissue, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal (2005) Search for Parallax (based on a constellation related to gallery site), Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto (2008)
Out Here in Space
[nggallery id=35] 2005 6 lambda prints on aluminum, 16 x 20 in to 26 x 48 in / 40 x 50 cm to 90 x 120 cm Treated as negative film in an otherwise film-less process, the skin of the artist's back takes on the transparency of endless distance. Out Here in Space, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2005) Circling the Inverse Square, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario (2013; Curator: Shannon Anderson)
Topographic Introspective
[nggallery id=40] 2002 20 lambda prints on masonite (5 X 7 - 41 X 54 in / 13 x 18 - 10x x 137 cm) on painted wall with vinyl lettering 20 photographs are presented on a dark wall to mimic a natural history museum exhibition, complete with place names. The photographs are close-ups of my sagging postpartum belly; the place names, chosen by their similarity to my first name, are of sites around the world, and the named universe. Uncanny, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, QC, Canada (2002); curator: Christine Redfern Corporel, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal, QC, Canada [...]