Sophie Jodoin – Close Your Eyes
at Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond
June 29 to August 26, 2012
In our first issue, writer Jp King asked Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin why the human figure is so important in her work, she responded: “its complexity, psychologically and physically, everything that it might reveal, hold back, hide, deny, bare, resist…” Jodoin’s work has the capacity to draw the viewer in to its intimate dramas through the sensitive and proficient handling of her thought-provoking subjects. Equally conceptual and representational, her drawn series of works can take up to two years to realize.
The “Close Your Eyes” exhibition is conceived as a long continuous thread echoing the course of one’s life—a collection of narratives and struggles encountered by simply living. It covers a span of four years and consists of three bodies of works: “Small Dramas & Little Nothings”, “Charred”, and “Vigils”. Materially, it includes black-and-white drawings, collages, video, a sculptural piece and tables with artifacts.
This exhibition is a rare opportunity to view Jodoin’s work on the West Coast and it has been scheduled to coincide with the Fourth Annual Vancouver DRAWN Festival, an event that promotes drawing as an important visual medium.
Richmond Art Gallery presents Canadian and International art that explores ideas relevant to the world today. Their public events, activities and school art programs promote dialogue around contemporary art. The Richmond Art Gallery explores ideas and trends locally, nationally and internationally and looks for ideas that are meaningful to the community.
(from the gallery’s press materials)
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Image:
Small Dramas & Little Nothings (detail)
by Sophie Jodoin
24 cm x 19cm
collage on mylar
2008