Lot
17
Panel
Huile sur papier mylar, 2013
55,9 x 45,7 cm
Valeur estimée
2 600 $
Cette œuvre a comme sujet un panneau d’affichage sur un toit. Mon travail comprend souvent des structures urbaines ordinaires transformées par le geste de peindre. Ici, l’arrière du panneau forme un autre « tableau », avec sa façon propre de suggérer l’espace. Il s’agit, en un sens, d’une peinture dans une peinture. Mon intention est de brouiller la frontière entre l’imaginaire et le réel, de révéler l’étrangeté au sein du quotidien, et d’encourager le balancement de l’esprit entre la rêverie et l’effroi.
Notice biographique
Martin Golland received his BFA from Concordia University (1998) and his MFA from the University of Guelph (2006). Born in Montpellier, France, he lived in Turkey, Puerto Rico, Miami, and Toronto before moving to Ottawa. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including Imaging Disaster at Museum London (Ontario) (2013), The Archivist’s Etagère at Birch Libralato in Toronto (2012), Shapeshift at Birch Libralato in Toronto (2008), DARK TOWN at the Felix Ringel Galerie in Düsseldorf (2007), What is Said and What is Meant at the MacDonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph (2006), and Haven at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (2004). Golland received the Honourable Mention prize at the 11th Annual RBC painting competition, the works in which were exhibited in various museums and galleries across Canada, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Power Plant Gallery in Toronto, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver. He is currently an assistant professor of painting at the University of Ottawa.