12 December 2009 - 6 February 2010

Fluid Boundaries: Garen Bedrossian, Caroline Boileau, Daniel Erban, Stéphane Gilot, Trevor Gould, Sadko Hadzihasanovic,
Adad Hannah, Mary Hayes, Marc-Antoine Nadeau, Roberto Pellegrinuzzi, Ed Pien, David Shaw, Felicity Tayler, Balint Zsako

ABOUT THE SHOW  /  ARTISTS AND WORKS /  VIEWS OF THE SHOW  / LINKS  /

ABOUT THE SHOW

Though much loved by artists, watercolour, gouache, and ink & wash media enjoyed only modest critical attention in the 20th century. Even with the renewed interest in drawing practices in the early 1990s, critical art writing often relegated these "traditional" media to the peripheries of painting and drawing.

As the work in Fluid Boundaries demonstrates however, today’s artists use the “left of centre” status of watercolour, gouache, ink & wash (and now inkjet) art to their own advantage – quietly producing works that thrive in the margins. Here, erotic imagery, depictions of private thoughts and dream-like settings flourish alongside expressions of cultural fears and violence. Subtle portraits of fragile identities and imaginative excursions into the past are deftly rendered on paper, while other pieces move beyond the picture plane and extend into three-dimensional space – or are transformed through performance.

Fluid Boundaries celebrates artworks that pass effortlessly between foreground and background, positive and negative space, colour and line. It also points to creative practices that explore the porous borders of disciplines with works that range in subjects, genres, and media.

**SPECIAL EVENTS**

ARTISTS / WORKS

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GAREN BEDROSSIAN

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Entre Ciel et Terre #2 2007 watercolour and ink on paper 27 x 35 cm		Entre Ciel et Terre #5 2007 watercolour and ink on paper 27 x 35 cm		Entre Ciel et Terre 2007 watercolour and ink on paper 35 x 27 cm

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artist's web site: http://garenbedrossian.com/

CAROLINE BOILEAU

Là aussi, le vent mord 2009 watercolour 51 x 35.5 cm		Ici, le vent mord 2009 watercolour 51 x 35.5 cm		La peau de crapaud 2009 watercolour 35.5 x 51 cm
Miniature (a.) from the series Grimper et mesurer 2007 watercolour 18 x 24 cm		Miniature (b.) from the series Grimper et mesurer 2007 watercolour 18 x 24 cm		Miniature (c.) from the series Grimper et mesurer 2007 watercolour 18 x 24 cm
Nébuleuse III 2008 watercolour 34 x 26.5 cm		Nébuleuse I 2008 watercolour 34 x 26.5 cm		Nébuleuse II 2008 watercolour 34 x 26.5 cm

Incubateur 2007-2009 plexiglass, rubber gloves and watercolours 43 X 66 X 32 cm

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DANIEL ERBAN

Femme aux grandes oreilles 1993 ink on paper 76 x 56 cm		Quelqu'un veille au-dessus de moi 1995 ink on paper 56 x 76 cm		Mal au dos 1991 ink on paper 56 x 76 cm

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STÉPHANE GILOT

Deux forêts 2009 watercolour and pencil on Fabriano paper 35,5 x 51 cm		2057 (1726) 2009 watercolour and pencil on Fabriano paper 35,5 x 51 cm		Mlle Miner 2009 watercolour and pencil on Fabriano paper 35,5 x 51 cm
Miss Blake 2009 watercolour and pencil on Fabriano paper 35,5 x 51 cm

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artist's web site: http://www.wooloo.org/stephanegilot

TREVOR GOULD

Philosophies self image: In the style of Gabriel von Max - I et II 2009 watercolour 61 x 46 cm (ea.) )diptych)		Something of an Idea 2009 watercolour 61 x 46 cm

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artist's web site: http://www.trevorgould.ca/

SADKO HADZIHASANOVIC

Art Quake 2008 mixed media on fabric 51 x 51 cm		Night (detail) 2008 mixed media on fabric 121 x 101 cm
Self Portrait 2009 mixed media on paper 21 x 27.5 cm		untitled 1992 mixed media on paper 17.5 x 22.5 cm

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ADAD HANNAH

untitled 2006 watercolour on found paper 30 x 46.5		untitled 2006 watercolour on found paper 30 x 46.5		untitled 2006 watercolour on found paper 30 x 46.5
untitled (detail) 2005 watercolour 37 x 31.5		untitled (detail) 2005 watercolour 32 x 34 cm

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artist's web site: http://www.adadhannah.com/
artist's page on PFOAC website

MARY HAYES

Sarah 2 2009 watercolour 30 x 22 cm		Batman 2009 watercolour 24 x 18 cm		Jason 1 2009 watercolour 24 x 14 cm

artist's web site: http://www.maryhayes.ca/

MARC-ANTOINE NADEAU

Eyvindr Lanbi armant son Snekkja 2008 watercolour on paper mounted on board 29 x 40 cm		Thorolfr, fils de Grinnr le Chauve, préparant une expédition Vik 2008 watercolour on paper mounted on board 29 x 40 cm		Le Prince de Neufcastel 2004 watercolour on paper mounted on board 22 x 28 cm
La nuit de la comète 2006 watercolour on paper mounted on board 22 x 28 cm		Gisli Sursson dans le Skali 2008 watercolour on paper mounted on board 22 x 28 cm

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ROBERTO PELLEGRINUZZI

untitled 2009 digital print on chiffon paper 23.5 x 49.5 cm (framed) edition 1/10

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artist's web site: http://www.pellegrinuzzi.com/

ED PIEN

Tell me you love me 2001 watercolour 35.5. x 26 cm		I would cry for you 2001 watercolour 35. x 26 cm

A Fox Transforming 2004 ink on paper 28 x 64 cm (11" x 25")

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artist's web site: http://www.edpien.com/

DAVID SHAW

Untitled 1 2009 graphite and watercolour on paper 69 x 48 cm		Untitled 2 2009 graphite and watercolour on paper 69 x 48 cm		Untitled 5 2009 graphite and watercolour on paper 69 x 48 cm
Untitled 6 2009 graphite and watercolour on paper 69 x 48 cm

FELICITY TAYLER

A20. Chaudière, 1792, from the series Statement of Service 2009 watercolour 29 x 35 cm		39. Gibraltar, c. 1783-1784 from the series Statement of Service 2009 watercolour 29 x 35 cm		4. Grimross, 1758, from the series Statement of Service 2009 watercolour 29 x 35 cm
9. Halifax, 1759, from the series Statement of Service 2009 watercolour 29 x 35 cm		18. Montreal, 1762, from the series Statement of Service 2009 watercolour 29 x 35 cm

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BALINT ZSAKO

untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm		untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm		untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm
untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm		untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm		untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm
untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm		untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm		untitled 2009 watercolour and ink on paper 40.6 x 30.5 cm

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artist's web site: http://www.balintzsako.com/

VIEWS OF THE SHOW

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LINKS

Marie-Ève Charron. «Oeuvres sur papier tous azimuts» Le Devoir 9 January 2010 (in French)