Le Chantier: portrait of artist
Mathieu Grenier
For nearly six months now, nine artists whose approaches stem from print and photography are completing a collective research and creation residency at L’imprimerie as part of Le Chantier, a 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 are currently presenting the result of their experiments to the public at the maison de la Culture Maisonneuve until November 28. L’imprimerie invites visitors to come and discover these projects throughout the exhibition.
Mathieu Grenier
As part this residency project, Mathieu Grenier has conducted research on the possible avenues for practices that combine installation work and photography; mainly using the blueprint process as a way of exploring a mode of image production that does without the camera and its limitations. Since this technique consists in the coating of a surface with photosensitive emulsion and exposing it to UV rays, it is free from the various preconceived notions traditionally associated with photography—notions such as framing, film, processing and mounting—, which tend to limit the artist’s creativity.
Mathieu uses large pieces of fabric as a substrate for his images to create “malleable screens” that can take on complex shapes and adapt to a given space by circumventing its random protrusions, overlapping objects, or espousing its different textures. In juxtaposing various techniques and technologies, the artist aims to establish a relationship between result and process.
Images : Detail of a work by Mathieu Grenier & portrait of the artist. Photos : Camille Lamy
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for this project.
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