Inhabiting

Sarah Bertrand-Hamel

Inhabiting

Drawing, installation
May 22 – June 14, 2014
Opening: Saturday May 24, 2014, 4 - 6 pm
La fenêtre à carreaux
2014
Kozo paper made by the artist (japanese technique), cotton thread and pinewood frame
147.32 x 218.44 cm / 58 x 86 in
La petite fenêtre du haut
2014
Japanese paper and cotton thread
38.1 x 48.3 cm / 15 x 19 in
La petite fenêtre du bas
2014
Japanese paper and cotton thread
35.56 x 49.53 cm / 14 x 19.5 in
La disposition des tesselles
2014
paper (cotton, abaca. flax) and cotton thread
156.21 x 104.14 cm / 61.5 x 41 in
Le tissu dans la pierre (détail)
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
72.39 x 52.07 cm / 28.5 x 20.5 in
La sixième pièce de l'appartement
2014
color slide film, pinewood frame and light box
25.4 x 20.3 cm / 10 x 8 in
Tu étais une algue
2014
seeweed
5.08 x 2.54 cm / 2 x 1 in
Ou presque
2014
recycled watercolor paper
20.32 x 15.24 cm / 8 x 6 in
Tu es en chemise
2014
ink and gouache on paper (cotton)
30.48 x 22.86 cm / 12 x 9 in
Et tu seras toujours différent
2014
graphite on paper (cotton and abaca)
119.38 x 101.6 cm / 47 x 40 in
Échantillon : Emboîtement trois couleurs
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
30.48 x 40.64 / 12 x 16 in
Échantillon : Emboîtement rouge mouillé
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
30.48 x 24.13 cm / 12 x 9.5 in
Échantillon : Mauve chiffonné
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
25.4 x 20.32 cm / 10 x 8 in
Échantillon : Joints
2014
paper (cotton), beeswax, copper tape and thread
21.59 x 15.24 cm / 8.5 x 6 in
Échantillon : Velours côtelé
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
21.59 x 10.16 cm / 8.5 x 4 in
Échantillon : Orange fou
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
13.97 x 12.7 cm / 5.5 x 5 in
Échantillon : Petit gris piqué
2014
paper (abaca), ink and thread
16.51 x 11.43 cm / 6.5 x 4.5 in
Échantillon : Rouge piqué
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
30.48 x 21.59 cm / 12 x 8.5 in
Échantillon : Kozo ligné
2014
Japanese paper, abaca paper and cotton thread
34.29 x 31.75 cm / 13.5 x 12.5 in
Échantillon : Carreau
2014
Japanese paper and cotton thread
25.4 x 25.4 cm / 10 x 10 in
Échantillon : Mosaïque molle
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
25.4 x 17.78 cm / 10 x 7 in
Échantillon : Mosaïque réversible
2014
paper (abaca) and thread
25.4 x 17.78 cm / 10 x 7.5 in
Échantillon : Rétrécissement du lin
2014
Japanese paper, flax paper and cotton thread
25.4 x 15.24 cm / 10 x 6 in
Échantillon : Convexité
2014
Japanese paper and cotton thread
25.4 x 21.59 cm / 10 x 8.5 in
Échantillon : Roches
2014
paper pulp

 The artworks presented in the exhibition INHABITING consist of handmade paper created by Sarah Bertrand-Hamel through which the artist manipulates fibres, colours, textures and translucency. Stitches, folds or wrinkles become lines, letting drawings to appear.   

 The artworks presented in the exhibition INHABITING consist of handmade paper created by Sarah Bertrand-Hamel through which the artist manipulates fibres, colours, textures and translucency. Stitches, folds or wrinkles become lines, letting drawings to appear. 

 

Inspired by Gee’s Bend women’s contemporary quilts, Greco-Roman mosaics and medieval stained glass, the paper artworks are engaged with architecture. Sarah Bertrand-Hamel thinks of art as a means for inhabiting. 

An important aspect of her practice is fragmentation. The fabric scraps, the stone tesserae, and the colour glass bits are here replaced by paper pieces. 

Whether it is with her pencil or sewing machine, Sarah Bertrand-Hamel draws. Fascinated by impermanence and singularity, the artist creates images that she repeats and reinterprets, fragments and recomposes. She is interested in transitions and shifts between these images. 

 
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