Dead Nature, La vie immobile
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"[My work] can be read as a contemporary archaeological study of society based on leisure, over-consumption and expectations." Louis Joncas' grotesque and strangely alluring photographs are contemporary mediations on the vanitas genre. His still-lives of raw meat, fish, vegetables and garbage reflect upon the “endless trail of detritus” left by our everyday lives, as well as the often-dangerous excesses of consumer culture and the contemporary threat and fear of contagious diseases. Louis Joncas' work is the inspiration, for curator Emily Falvey, behind Vanities and Dead Nature, La vie immobile. For the first time, both the Firestone Gallery and the Contemporary Galleries of the Ottawa Art Gallery are thematically related. You are invited hear Louis talk on Friday 4 February at noon. Everyone is welcome and the talk is free. Born in Winnipeg, Louis Joncas lives and works in Montreal. He is represented by Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain. Louis spend some time in Ottawa, where one of his duties was to serve as the Arts Advisor to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton's public art purchase program. His work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Ottawa Art Gallery, the City of Ottawa, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. |
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