The exhibition Night-time, Day-time is intended as a metaphor for the times in which we live. The darkened sky and choppy sea depicted by Jacques Descoteaux could evoke the climate upheavals, socio-economic tensions and conflicts of our era. Yet the luminous reflections and clear skies that feature in other works offer a glimmer of hope. Jacques maintains an ambiguity: night, day, night, day. It is up to each viewer to find meaning in it, to recognize their own story.
The works in this exhibition, like most of Descoteaux’s paintings, draw inspiration from the landscape, the memory of a moment, or the impression left by a glance towards the sky or the sea. His paintings thus become abstract landscapes, straddling the boundary between reality and emotion.
Corrugation Reformulation was created due to my ongoing experimentation with corrugated cardboard. My previous work with corrugated cardboard created mostly 2-dimensional works. For this gallery show, I produced some works that were three-dimensional.
I became determined to find out exactly how sculptural I could get using this material. A few of these works became more than only about shape and form, as I attempted to add conceptualism.
For other works, I distressed or flattened the corrugations. Also, some works ended up being somewhat brutalist, as I did not apply any paint to them. Finally, for me, Corrugation Reformulation will continue to be a creative direction to develop further.
