Louis Bouvier believe art history is founded on an ensemble of categorizations which, despite their interdisciplinary and theoretical flexibility, still dictate meaning. At the same time, the separation between fine arts and artisanal crafts attests to a cultural heritage which, to varying degrees, affects the perception of objects and determines their hierarchical ranking. Through drawing, sculpture and installation his work proposes a radical deconstruction of these ideologies of classification, a way to de-systematize knowledge by regrouping different elements. Inspired by the micro-history of different objects his research has mobilized around the idea of anachronism, he uses a succession of artworks to express an alternative disjointed reality where found objects create works and photographic images meet to form new narratives.
Louis Bouvier lives and works in Montreal, where he was born. Through his photorealistic drawing and sculpture practice, he has developed, over the past few years a visual language based on the idea of anachronism. He exhibited his work in Canada (Montréal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Moncton) and Europe (Paris, Leipzig) With support from the Conseil des Arts du Québec, he presented research project at Centre CLARK that was feature on Art Viewer. In the fall of 2017, he participates in a research residency at the Banff Centre. Louis Bouvier holds a Bachelors and a Master’s degree in visual and media arts from Université du Québec à Montréal.
Louis Bouvier's residency at NARS is made possible by Quebec Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
