Chris Shoust: ONE NIGHT ONLY ExhibitFriday Aug 28, 2009 / 7 - 10pm
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Statement:
My artistic endevours are currently focused on the subject of language. To a viewer of a foreign language 'words' and 'letters' become abstract. One of the only conclusions that can be made is that the letterforms, if it is a language made up of letters, tend to be made up of only a few dozen 'letters' as with many modern languages. With my drawings, which go under the title Ecriture, language is broken down into cursive. The drawings are made by trying to tap into the subconscious, blocking out all thought and letting the hand move freely with no predetermined letters or words. Letters and possible words end up arising from these cursive patterns. With the amount of languages that use cursive around the world, the drawings then become global and could possibly be read by many different nationalities. These drawings attempt to break down language to its most common forms, something that we can recognize around the world as a universal type of movement. Because the cursive patterns are not specifically made up of words, the viewer is forced to read into expression of the drawings. The cursive becomes expression itself. The cursive patterns have another level to them which is seen through the composition that is made. The work is then communicating through the cursive movements as a subject of language and as well through the subject of the picture which it creates. The encaustic overlay gives the effect of a chalkboard, where it smears the image in places like an eraser. The encaustic also helps to create space in the image where it is applied more heavily than others.
Bio
I was born in Sault Ste. Marie in 1982. At a very early age I began drawing and writing about what was around me.
I pursued both right through high school.
I went to journalism school in Windsor, Ont. and started to get into painting. I was on the radio for a couple years but my first newspaper job landed me back in Sault Ste. Marie where I began writing my first novel The Beggar.
I wanted to pursue the direction of my artwork and moved out to Victoria, B.C. to escape the recession in the Sault. There I began my career as an artist but continued to write seriously.
I moved a year and a half later to Saskatchewan to a writing position for two small newspapers. There I continued painting and decided to enroll in a bachelor of fine arts program back in the Sault where I live today.
Thank you,
Guy Berube, director
La Petite Mort Gallery
| Date : | 28 août 2009 |
| Heure : | 19:00 - 22:00 |
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| Adresse : | 306 Cumberland Street |
| Ville : | Ottawa, ON |
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