19.7″x23.6″x4″; inkjet print; 2020-2021. Courtesy of the artist.
WORKSHOP AT KOLAJ FEST NEW ORLEANS 2024
Pop-Up Collage
Friday, 14 June 2024, 12:45-1:45PM
New Orleans Healing Center
Catherine Plaisance
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Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, 12-16 June 2024. Visit the website to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend.
Catherine Plaisance’s practice is characterized by an inquiry dealing essentially with the aesthetics of catastrophe. “My collage and photographic techniques are closely related: slightly disquieting images in which the landscape unfolds in a threatening manner, referencing an unleashing of the elements,” writes the Montreal, Quebec artist. “Illusions of perspective are used to create vertigo and surprising foregrounds. The humans in these stagings are not victims of wild landscapes, we have the impression that they provoke them by incantations and ritual dances.” During this workshop, Plaisance will demonstrate her varied approach to collage. She will make a presentation on how she uses puzzle pieces, embroidery, acrylic paint, iridescent medium, and other materials to create stunning textures and compositions. She will also lead participants in the making of a pop-up collage that can be seen from both sides. Participants will build a theme on a duality, two different styles, two different subjects or a different material era.
17.7″x17.7″; fabric appliques and embroidery on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.
ARTIST BIO
Catherine Plaisance holds a Master’s Degree in Visual and Media Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a BA in Plastic Arts from Laval University, as well as studies at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Her artwork has been presented in numerous solo shows in Quebec and New Brunswick, as well as group shows in France, Ontario, Poland, Quebec, and the USA. Her work is in collections including Cirque du Soleil, the David Suzuki Foundation, The City of Quebec, The City of Montreal, and L’Œil de Poisson in Quebec City. She is the recipient of several awards including from the Quebec Fund for Research in Society and Culture, the Sylvie and Simon Blais Award for Emerging Visual Artists, and from the Quebec Council of Arts and Letters. The artist lives and works in Montreal. Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory and www.catherineplaisance.com
Kolaj Fest New Orleans is a multi-day festival and symposium about contemporary collage and its role in art, culture, and society, 12-16 June 2024. Visit the website to learn more, see an overview of the program, and register to attend.