{"id":1448,"date":"2025-03-14T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T22:09:03","slug":"the-life-and-design-of-frederic-le-shoeshoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/the-life-and-design-of-frederic-le-shoeshoe","title":{"rendered":"The Life and Design of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Le ShoeShoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Life and Design of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Le ShoeShoe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

by Maria Schamis Turner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Montreal collage artist Maria Schamis Turner uses shape and color to play with and question visual conventions of human and animal forms, often venturing into the absurd. She has created a book of collage and text that tells the story of the fictional designer Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Le ShoeShoe. The inspiration for the book occurred during Turner’s Solo Residency at Kolaj Institute<\/a> in New Orleans, 29 April to 14 May 2024. During her Residency, Turner created a collage series of a Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Le ShoeShoe fashion line\u2013in the spirit of her nonsensical beast collages\u2013that reflects the opulent architecture and burlesque sensibility of New Orleans. As well as creating the series, she created a persona, back story, and biography for the designer. She launched the self-published book at De Stiil Books in Montreal on 20 March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A writer and editor with an MFA in creative nonfiction from Goucher College, Maria Schamis Turner started exploring visual forms of self-expression after her father\u2019s death in 2017. Unable to express her grief in words, Turner began working with mixed media including drawing, painting, and collage. She completed a two-week individual residency at Toronto Island\u2019s Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts in 2019 and a two-week solo residency at Kolaj Institute in New Orleans in 2024. The Canadian indie-folk group Caution Horse recently commissioned her to create art for their upcoming EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong>
The Life and Design of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Le ShoeShoe<\/em>
by Maria Schamis Turner
58 pages; perfect bound
$28 CAD (plus GST and $8 shipping in Canada)
ISBN: 978-10691420-0-9
Turner Editorial<\/a>, Montreal, Quebec, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purchase the book in Canada HERE<\/a>. To purchase the book from outside of Canada, contact the author directly HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Maria Schamis Turner
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