ART
Ian Wallace |
Written 30 January |
Tuesday 16 February, 10:00Galerie Yvon Lambert, 75003 [map]Ian Wallace
Yvon Lambert presents an exhibition of new works by artist
Ian Wallace, a leading figure in conceptual photography in Vancouver, Canada. Wallace’s artistic style draws from numerous influences including modernism, classical and minimalist painting, literature and cinematography. The works in this exhibition consist of several pairings of photo laminated paintings that continue the dialogue of opposition characteristic of Wallace’s practice. Contradictory elements frequently present themselves in the composition of Wallace’s artwork: near and far, identical and different, open and closed, present and absent. These distinctions are not only formal, in the dynamics of figure and ground, but also technical, in his juxtaposition of painting and photography. Wallace seeks to transcend the traditional image and create a dialogue within each work by engaging conceptual elements with photography.
Wallace is decidedly influenced by high modernist art and architecture, which he finds to provide the formal language that most clearly describes the conundrums of our personal and institutional relationships with the world today. The minimalist, linear elements of high modernism are reflected in Wallace’s own work. In the 1960s Wallace created a series of large monochromatic paintings. In the 1970s the artist began staging large-scale photographs that he would later colour by hand, merging photography and painting, a technique that is fundamental to his practice. Subsequently, Wallace’s method evolved to become what he is best known for: photographs laminated on canvas with a stripe of painted colour.
Ian Wallace was born in Shoreham, England in 1943 and he has lived and worked in Vancouver since 1944.
| What: | Ian Wallace |
| When: | Tuesday 16 February, 10:00 |
| Where: | Galerie Yvon Lambert, 108, rue Vieille du Temple 75003 [map] |
| Transport: | Hôtel de Ville / St Paul |
| Cost: | 0EUR |
| Phone: | +33 (0)1 42 71 09 33 |
| Email: | paris@yvon-lambert.com |
| Web: | www.yvon-lambert.com |
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