Anatomical Wrapping
Price:
30,00$
Type:
Monograph
Artist(s):
Annie Baillargeon
Author(s):
Jean-François Caron & Julie Boivin
Language(s):
French and English
Curator(s):
Specifications:
106 pages, 10 x 10 in., 2010
ISBN:
9782923612140

Anatomical Wrapping

The project Anatomical Packaging is a series of digital works grouped in eight diptychs in which the elements are organized in structures reminiscent of ornamentation, wallpaper or gift wrapping. They reveal in passing, through detail, an orchestration based on the deformation and camouflage of human bodies. The work is articulated in the photographic space by positions and attitudes that generate scenarios related to different themes. These compositions, woven by the demultiplication of different bodies, refer to encounters I have made during my residencies. They reformulate stories and allegorical scenes where the enigmatic presence of the individual is put in the foreground.

The choreography, which is born from the use of these numerous bodies, propels the digital space towards various levels of reading. Reduced to an infinitely small scale, the bodies are forced to amalgamate with other members of their species through a conflictual dynamic. At the same time, they assemble in agglomerates on a surface from which emanates a vibration of harmony, a balance recalling a certain notion of infinity. This work deals as much with the individual's quest for identity as with that of the community, while metaphorically questioning human fragility and the ephemeral aspect of the ties that bind individuals together.

Annie Baillargeon

Annie Baillargeon is an artist who lives and works in Quebec City. Her work encompasses photography, installation, video and performance. She is a member and co-founder of the multidisciplinary collective Les Fermières Obsédées, whose performances and manoeuvres have infused the action art genre with an indiscipline since 2001. At the same time, she is developing a solo work that is at the crossroads of genres and mediums, mainly focused on the use of the body as a vehicle for questioning the existential issues of the individual. Her solo exhibitions in artist-run centers in Quebec and Canada include L'œil de poisson and Centre VU in Quebec City, Espace F in Matane, Galerie Séquence in Saguenay and Galerie 44 in Toronto. She has participated in the group exhibitions L'envers des apparences, at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, C'est arrivé près de chez vous, at the Musée National des beaux-arts de Québec and The constructed images, at the Contact image festival in Toronto. His work has also been shown in Robert Lepage's Image Mill in Quebec City.

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