Counter-Motive 2011

Presented at the Exhibition and exploration centre of the Master's degree in visual and media arts at UQAM (CDEx), Counter-Motive is Chloe Desjardins MFA thesis show. This series of objects explores the idea of the impenetrability of the artwork: boxes that do not open, solid and opaque packaging, windows that prevent touching. The elements of this series are defined both in relation to artistic conventions and to a vocabulary constructed from ordinary objects and handling materials. The choice to use pedestals and showcases as devices amplifies the contrasts between the banal and the precious. The objects are highlighted by these displays, but their reading is blurred. The various material transformations and the displacement caused by the positioning of incongruous objects in a gallery context do not allow to get a precise idea of what is given to see.

Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Modeling2011
Earthware, modeling paste and Plexiglass25 x 25 x 25 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Small packaging2011
Modeling paste15 x 15 x 15 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Packaging2011
Earthware10 x 15 x 15 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Correspondence2011
Earthware5 x 5 x 10 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Gloves2011
Wax20 x 15 x 5 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Unveiling2011
Earthware and Plexiglass25 x 25 x 65 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Twins2011
Plaster and Plexiglass25 x 25 x 65 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Confusion2011
Wax20 x 20 x 30 cm
Image from the project "Contre-Motif" by Chloe Desjardins
Installation view

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