THE ULTRAVELVET COLLECTION

THE ULTRAVELVET COLLECTION

Los Angeles based artists Eric Hajjar and Meredith Rose are the co-creators of the Ultravelvet collection. This distinctive body of work by Aston and Rose is produced on 120mm film using a pinhole style camera from the 1960’s. The Ultravelvet Collection yields a signature vintage quality and style that highlights retro-inspired grains, saturated colors and distinct hues that cannot be found in digital photography. The haunting complexity of these twice exposed and layered pieces instantly draws in all viewers.


☁ THE ULTRAVELVET COLLECTION
☁ THE ULTRAVELVET COLLECTION @ GUY HEPNER

CLÉMENT JOLIN

PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLÉMENT JOLIN

☁ CLÉMENT JOLIN
☁ CLÉMENT JOLIN @ ICONOLOGY

AUDRÉE WILHELMY

I generally don't talk here about literature. In fact, I don't think I have ever talked about a book on this site. But this one is different... for me ( my little cousin wrote it). And I address this post to my french speaking readers, since the book is in french...

Alors voilà. Ma cousine AUDRÉE WILHELMY vient de publier son premier roman chez Leméac. Un roman qui s'appelle OSS et qui se dévore en à peine une heure. Je suis allée à son lancement vendredi, à la très mignonne librairie le Port de tête sur Mont-Royal et j'ai lu le livre ce weekend. L'histoire est tordue et cruelle mais tellement distrayante et étonnante. Audrée crée des mondes et des images uniques qui m'ont fait beaucoup penser aux images créées par la photographe Brooke Shaden. Je suis extrêmement fière de ma cousine, fière d'avoir à mes côtés quelqu'un à l'imagination si fertile. Je fais donc exemption aujourd'hui en vous présentant non pas une artiste visuelle, mais tout de même une grande artiste qui, elle aussi, façonne des images, mais avec les mots. C'est une lecture fortement recommandée!

(En passant, elle est "coup de coeur" chez Archambault!)


☁ OSS
☁ UNE CRITIQUE DE OSS
☁ UNE AUTRE CRITIQUE DE OSS
☁ ET UNE AUTRE CRITIQUE DE OSS

MARIE-JOSÉE ROY ET JÉRÔME PRIEUR

Following her successful exhibition at the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in 2010, MARIE-JOSÉE ROY collaborates with JÉRÔME PRIEUR, to present a new exhibition entitled "INTERLACE".

The the opening is on September 22nd, from 4 to 8 pm @ the Galerie Le Royer, 60 rue Saint-Paul Ouest, Montréal.


MARIE-JOSÉE ROY
Marie-Josée Roy received her Bachelors of Fine Arts at the University of Québec in Trois-Rivières in 1992. Marie-Josée Roy offers us a spirited poetry within the various paths to multi-faceted and vibrant characters. Metal is the artists' primary form of communication. As a material, metal is a cold and hard. As a medium which Roy transforms little by little with each blow of the hammer, each grinding down and each brushstroke, she creates a visual passage of light, warmth and a humility concerning humanity. She is actively exposing in Canada, New York, Boston and Miami.


☁ MARIE-JOSÉE ROY ET JÉRÔME PRIEUR

INGRID MAGIDSON

INGRID MAGIDSON /// STATEMENT

The theme of my work is the often delicate balance between the material and the spiritual. This perpetual dance intrigues my sense of wonder: that we can be beings of such physicality, yet ponder infinity, space, and our own spirituality.

My work uses transparent layers to reveal the depth that is hidden at first glance. I like to use renaissance, or sometimes later, imagery to convey the fleeting quality of life. The people painted so long ago were as alive as each of us now. They had hopes, dreams, and lives we can never know. I bring them back to life, perhaps only for a moment, but alive nonetheless. It is this mix of transience and permanence that is so captivating to me. This is also why I so often use butterflies in my work. They are such exquisitely delicate creatures, with so much complexity and beauty, but live such a short life – some, only a single day. We are like them in many ways.


☁ INGRID MAGIDSON