September 22 to October 24, 2020
Presentation on October 22, 2020 at 5pm in Facebook Live
LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE is proud to welcome Mathieu Valade in production residency from September 22 to October 24, 2020. A presentation of his residency work is scheduled for October 22, 2020 at 5 pm on Facebook Live at Galerie 3.
For several years now, Mathieu Valade has been using the television monitor as an element to construct sculptural and installation devices. In this case, he explores the various optical and phenomenological possibilities of LED signs commonly used to deliver outdoor advertising content. These illuminated signs allows both to perceive from afar very sharp moving images and, at the same time, a rawer light grid when we approach. Thus, the artist wishes to create an aesthetic contemplative experience that goes beyond the simple visual relationship to these technological devices. These explorations allow him to make the visual referent disappear through the sculptural device.
In his practice, Valade is seduced by artistic traditions which oscillate between rupture and continuity. Moreover, he is interested in notions of landscape and nature by establishing a critical discourse. During his latest pictorial research, he reproduced clouds by applying a grid that recalls the pixel. This grid creates a distance from the subject represented. Therefore, the artist emphasizes through his plastic interventions the distance that operates between nature and its representation.
The artist wishes to thank Enseignes EMS who made this residency project possible by lending specialized equipment.
Crédit photo: Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand
Bio
Mathieu Valade vient de terminer une maîtrise en arts visuels à l’Université Laval. Depuis ses études de baccalauréat à l’Université du Québec à Montréal, il s’intéresse spécialement à la sculpture. Sa pratique se concentre sur le rapport que peuvent entretenir les formes géométriques avec des éléments dont la provenance est autre (design, objet trouvé ou objet illusionniste). L’insertion d’œuvres à différents contextes, autant en galerie qu’en milieu extérieur, fait aussi partie de son questionnement. Il est d’ailleurs l’un des membres fondateurs de l’événement annuel Pique-Nique, qui favorise l’intrusion d’interventions artistiques éphémères en contexte urbain.