Trois Sculptures, 2018
Exposition_Exhibition
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, Montréal, Canada
Trois sculptures
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau is delighted to present Trois sculptures, an exhibition by Jonathan Plante. The exhibition reveals a series of three works from the artist’s recent production The exhibited sculptures take up the same structure, i.e. a three dimensional assemblage of eight lenticular supports. A lenticular support is an extruded plastic that functions like a series of lenses guiding the eye towards an image that will change according to the viewing angle of the viewer. Known for its commercial uses, lenticular support has been mostly used to manufacture ordinary objects. For example, a postcard that is waved backed back and forth to create the illusion of motion through two overlapping images.
By using the artisanal printing process of silkscreen to introduce an element of randomness, Plant disassociates the lenticular image from an advertising aesthetic. Through this deployment of the lenticular medium, the artist explores other modes to put the image into motion. Trois sculptures proposes an experience that shifts the opposition between activity and passivity characteristic of film. According to an approach he calls kinoplastic, it is the viewer’s movements that both freezes the image and puts it into motion. These works invite viewers to become aware of the fact that it is their movement that brings the world into appearance. A reflection that can also be traced back to the tradition of Robert Morris’s minimalist sculpture; a practice that involves both the materiality of the work and the experience of the viewer.
About Jonathan Plante
Jonathan Plante holds a MFA from Université du Québec à Montréal. His works have been presented in solo exhibitions at Galerie de l’UQAM, Galerie Division, at Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides as well as De Ateliers in Amsterdam. He has also participated in various group exhibitions in Quebec, the US and the Netherlands. In 2017, L’œil de poisson in Quebec City showed his solo exhibition titled L’immobile. In 2013, the artist created Lapincyclope, the first of a series of exhibitions for a young viewership to be presented at VOX — Centre de l’image contemporaine in Montréal, in addition to taking part in the Quebec Triennial 2008. His works are currently part of several public and private collections among which Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Jonathan Plante lives and works in Montréal.