Le Chantier: portrait of artist
Gwenaël Bélanger
In the past year, nine artists whose approaches stem from print and photography completed a collective research and creation residency at L’imprimerie as part of Le Chantier research project on the printed and photographic image. Utilizing the centre’s facilities allowed them to develop their personal projects while taking part in group reflection and exploration.
Aside from their work in the studio, these nine creators presented the result of their experiments to the public at the maison de la culture Maisonneuve in October and November. L’imprimerie invites you to discover their work.
Gwenaël Bélanger
As part of Le Chantier – Research project on the printed and photographic image, Gwenaël Bélanger developed a series in which he challenges the presence of print in the space of photography. The artist first photographed L’imprimerie’s multipurpose room to bring out its volume, edges and perspective lines. As laid out in his statement, Bélanger then printed these images, punched a series of holes through them, folded and shaped them repeatedly, further blurring the internal points of reference of these visual fictions. Combining trompe-l’œil and mise en abîme, Bélanger’s strategies bring us back to his habit of skewing our perception of objects and their representation—whether whole or fragmented.
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