Vernaculaire Extraordinaire
Solo Exhibiton, Art Mûr Gallery January 15th – February 26th, 2022 5826 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2L7 Sacred Place 2022 (30x30x30 cm) Text by Nancy Webb Over the past two years, we have perhaps contemplated every curve, every corner and every speck of dust in our apartments and homes more than ever before—out of […]
Folded Stones
FROM PAPER TO CONCRETE “Folded Stones” is the name of a series, but also the main body of works and the title of an exhibition that was presented at Modern Shapes Gallery, in Antwerp, Belgium in 2021. This series marks an important moment: it is a crossover between the 2D paper folding and solid concrete […]
Fictions
LARGE FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURES Broadcasted from Montreal on April 22nd to May 4th 2021, Fictions was an immersive virtual exhibition of eight Montreal designers including Atelier Zébulon Perron, Claste Collection, David Umemoto, Lambert & Fils, Loïc Bard, Pascale Girardin, SSSVLL, and Yannick Pouliot. Presented by the Canadian Creators Collective. Curated by Nicolas Bellevance-Lecompte. The project was […]
Infrastructures
Solo Exhibiton, Art Mûr Gallery September 5th – October 20th, 2020 Gallerie Art Mûr5826 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC H2S 2L7 Pictures of the exhibition by Mike Patten ADDITIONAL PICTURES RELATED POSTS Vernaculaire Extraordinaire Solo Exhibiton, Art Mûr Gallery January 15th – February 26th, 2022 5826 Rue St-Hubert, Montréal,… Arcades and Arches WANDERING IN AN INFINITE […]
Digital Architecture
MODULAR ACRYLIC INSTALLATION I spent the last few years mostly creating concrete sculptures. The Romeo & Juliet set design project I collaborated on in 2019 brought me a very fundamental question: how can I scale up my work? The question arose at the beginning of the project because it was quite obvious that casting a […]
Escher Museum
ARCHITECT OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague, NLNovember 14th 2018 – February 9th 2019 Two artists, two disciplines, but a shared fondness for enigmatic architecture. In winter 2019/2020, Escher in The Palace brought together the work of artist M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972) and the sculptures of contemporary artist and architect David Umemoto […]
Collectible Monuments
MINIATURE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES “Monuments” is the name of a series, but also the main body of works and the title of an exhibition that was presented twice in Belgium in 2018: Collectible Design Fair, Brussels, 8-11 MarchModern Shapes Gallery, Antwerp, 15 March – 8 April Collectible SHow at / Vanderborght Building Photos by Jeroen Verrecht […]
Fondation
SACRED ARCHITECTURE The work is composed of modular blocks cast in concrete. It is architectural in concept and sculptural in its materiality. It is inspired by sacred architecture, one of the oldest and most universal. The cross, the basic geometrical element of the plan can be perceived at different scales. The elevations, which are purposely […]