Imagination is more important than knowledge,
for while knowledge points to all there is, imagination points to all there will be.
Quote taken from "Smart Moves, Why learning is not all in your head" by Carla Hannaford, Ph.D.
May 16, 2011
May 7, 2011
Yechel Gagnon : Public Art
Entre brume et nuage, 2010
Graphite and graphite powder on Mylar
Ink on Stonehenge paper mounted on aluminium
113.5" x 583.5" / 288 x 1482 cm
Photo : Marc Cramer
Yechel Gagnon's Public Art Projet @ College Jean-de-Brébeuf
5625 rue Decelles, Montréal, Québec
Architects : Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux
Entre brume et nuage, 2010
Photo : Marc Cramer
Yechel Gagnon presents Entre brume et nuage, Entre ciel et terre, two very distinct works in appearance which consist of a rich dialogue where the points of reference are subtle yet substantial.
The space offered at the college, through the long corridor and the grand foyer, is double and unique; double in its dimensions and functions, unique by its majestic architecture that embraces the exterior garden and its natural elements. Gagnon chose to use the two different techniques that we may see here, carved plywood and a frottage drawing.
The triptych Entre brume et nuage is created from the plywood bas-reliefs seen in the corridor, but we may look in vain searching which panel corresponds to a particular drawing since the rubbing is a process whereby an entire new work is created by displacement of the paper. Entre brume et nuage presents an imagery oscillating between abstraction and an imaginary landscape echoing a certain tradition of Chinese ink painting.
Entre brume et nuage, 2010
Photo : Marc Cramer
Entre brume et nuage, 2010
Photo : Marc Cramer
Entre brume et nuage, 2010
In the corridor, Entre ciel et terre also unveils a series of imaginary spaces. Each bas-relief has its own entity, but an attentive eye will discern a long flowing movement from one panel to the other similar to a large imperceptible tide.
Consisting of different formats, the bas-reliefs are integrated between the existing architectural vertical lines of the wall. They accentuate the rhythm in symbiosis with the architecture. Wood, an organic element par excellence, crosses the transparency of the window to rejoin the beauty of the exterior garden. This garden also visible from the foyer is no stranger to the inspiration that underlines the design of the frottage drawings.
One who stops to consider the profound convergence of all these elements will have the pleasure to find themselves in presence of a single work of art where architecture, garden, Entre brume et nuage, Entre ciel et terre are complicit in upholding a single dialogue.
Collaboration : Alexandre Masino, Yan Giguère, Christian Miron, Louis Lussier, Pierre Charrier, Gisèle Millet et Renée Joubert
Entre ciel et terre, 2010
Photo : Pierre Charrier
Entre ciel et terre, 2010
Photo : Marc Cramer
Entre ciel et terre, 2010
Photo : Marc Cramer
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