MONTECA Indoor Table/Desk
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“Observing life’s ebb and flow” is the first step to its distillation when Montreal artist Claire Desjardins is the observer. And though her work is rife with underlying narrative, sometimes one does well to heed her words and simply observe. Sometimes the visual connection with bold colours and forms is all it takes to be transported into the paintings themselves. And often, that in itself is enough.
In his first all-sculpture exhibition, Yoskay Yamamoto presents a series of figures based on iconic childhood and pop culture characters. Yamamoto, who combines urban pop art with traditional Japanese elements, blends two very different cultures for a decidedly modern take on east and west. The sculptures are made from a variety of materials: plastic, resin, vinyl, and hand sculpted wood. References range from Bart Simpson, the Moomins and the Stay Puft Man to Hello Kitty, Pikachu and the Kewpie Doll, among others.
Toco tu boca, con un dedo toco el borde de tu boca, voy dibujandola como si saliera de mi mano, como si por si primera vez tu boca se entreabriera, y me basta cerrar los ojos para deshacerlo todo y recomenzar, hago nacer cada vez la boca que deseo, la boca que mi mano elige y te dibuja en la cara, una boca elegida entre todas, con soberana libertad elegida por mí, para dibujar con mi mano en tu cara, y que por un azar que no busco comprender, coindice exactamente con tu boca que sonríe por debajo de la que mi mano te dibuja.
Julio Cortázar
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“Sólo es útil el conocimiento que nos hace mejores”
“Only is useful the knowledge that does us better”
(Sócrates)
