Something 2012

To create this corpus of plaster casts presented at B-312 Gallery, the artist resorted to everyday objects, often industrial or manufactured, but which acquire a new presence when iterated through other materials. By this simple operation of transmutation of the material, a gap is created that recalls how much sculpture stages and places its subject at a distance. Simultaneously, these objects embody several paradoxes: familiar shapes that one would like to touch, become inaccessible, frozen in matter; unique works are developed from a copying technique. Placed on plinths of varying sizes or protected behind Plexiglass cases, these objects highlight the codes and conventions governing the appreciation of a work of art. The artist questions the presence, the status and the effect of these devices in contextualization of the works. — Mathieu Menard