Current exhibition

«Cercles poupres», 2011, paper, wood and acrylic, 58 x 30 x 6 cm

ISABELLE LEDUC

VOLUME ET COULEUR

From February 2 to March 3, 2012


Isabelle Leduc remains true to her research on the manufacturing and processing of paper and uses its malleability and flexibility to create works in which painting, volume, color, light and architecture cohabitate. Even though one might initially be attracted to the forms, it is instead the surfaces that draw attention by their chromatic richness and variety of finishes, sometimes very dull, sometimes very bright. Leduc plays endlessly with the matte, velvety and glossy veneers that animate the surface and attract both the viewers’ gaze as well as their touch. The colour influences the perception of the work and attributes physical particularities to the shapes that are affected by the density of the material. This new series is comprised of chromatic fragments and experiences thereby creating a sort of spatial script. The forms are displayed on the gallery walls like pictorial punctuations that stand on their own but are also in tune with the architecture of the space.


Between painting and sculpture, representation («Voie lactée») and abstraction («Parenthèse bleu-vert»), the work contains many levels of interpretation and recollections. The ambiguity of the material, the affixing of color to the object, the combination and skewing of sources, and the simulacrum of fragility and permanence, all accentuate the series’ evocative power.

In parallel, Galerie d’Art d’Outremont presents from February 9 to March 4 a retrospective exhibition through a choice of Isabelle Leduc’s works done since 1984. www.galeriedartdoutremont.ca

Born in Paris in 1949, Isabelle Leduc lives and works in Montreal. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Canada (Musée de Rimouski, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal) and in Europe, most notably in France, Germany and Austria. Isabelle Leduc’s work can be found in many public and private collections including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the Canada Council Art Bank. Leduc as been represented by Gallery Graff since 2000 and « Volume et couleur » will be the artist’s forth solo exhibition at the gallery. Leduc is now completing a major public work integrated to the École primaire Perce-Neige, Pierrefonds-Roxboro through the 1% Quebec Program.

Current exhibition