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Work in Looking Forward while Looking Back: collage of a pink lily, a red handbag, a dried bulb, and patterned shapes on a gray ground.
Exhibition
Project Space

Yet another drifting pile of meanings

Louis Bouvier
Louis Bouvier

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April 15, 2022

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May 19, 2022

Yet another drifting pile of meanings

Louis Bouvier

April 15 - May 20, 2022

Opening Reception: Friday, April 15, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: April 21, 6-7pm

NARS Project Space

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Through multiplication of visual strata, Louis Bouvier proposes an interpretation of anachronistic “montage”. By establishing a horizontal reading of art history and its canons, he frees the references from the tyranny of linear time. Combining different eras and following no precise system, he creates a new multidimensional vision which question the modern idea of categorization. In the entanglement of photo-realistic drawings and hybrid sculptures Bouvier transforms the conventional temporal periodization by deploying, in his installation, a peculiar vision on history and archeology. The exhibition combines a multitude of media and techniques: metal, bronze, casting, wood, plaster, watercolor, 3d printing, lead, graphite, oil, wooden pencils—this proliferation create new points of contact that, if given the chance, can elaborate a new constellation of links.

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About the artist:

Louis Bouvier draws his inspiration from a multitude of sources such as history, archeology as well as alternative movements and cultures. His career, which began professionally in 2010, has led him to present his work in Quebec, Canada, the United States, and Europe. He has participated in numerous international residencies: Banff Center (Alberta), PILOTENKUECHE (Germany), and NARS foundation (Brooklyn). Supported on several occasions by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, he exhibited in various artist centers and private galleries: Center Clark (Montreal), L'Écart (Rouyn-Noranda), Caravansérail (Rimouski), Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton), Maison des artistes francophone (Winnipeg), Gallery Nicolas Robert (Montréal), Blouin Division (Montréal) Projet Pangée (Montréal) and Helmut (Leipzig). Bouvier holds a master's degree in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM.

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Support for this project is generously provided by:

Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts du Canada logo, with a black stylized tree emblem and the bilingual name in bright blue.

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Installation view of Yet another drifting pile of meanings: visitors stand among sculptures on slim metal frames, including a clay amphora and a green arch, in a bright gallery.
Work in Yet another drifting pile of meanings: a framed collage of two gray marble busts, wide eyes, pink flowers, a black fan, and a purple panel on olive green.
Work in Yet another drifting pile of meanings: a white plaster form draped like fabric with a single green glass eye, set among metal frame bars.
Work in Yet another drifting pile of meanings: a tan clay amphora hung in a metal frame, topped by a gray fluted column holding oranges.
Installation view of Yet another drifting pile of meanings: a framed floral collage, a pale green vessel, and a green arch sculpture on aluminum frames.
Installation view of Yet another drifting pile of meanings: a stacked sculpture with white form, green arch, yellow stand, and carved wooden feet beside a framed collage.
Work in Yet another drifting pile of meanings: framed image of red spider lilies on a dark ground with a pale pink square at the center.
Installation view of Yet another drifting pile of meanings: ceramic and white sculptures on and around a metal frame, with a framed collage in the background.
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