Michel Archambault folio 01 2013

Michel Archambault

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Recent Drawings, Reliefs and Sculptures

FOLIO 01 2013

In the early 1980s, collaborating with électroacoustic composer Michel Tétreault, I focussed on developing very minimal, conceptual sound environments with the idea of sculpting sound exhibited in venues such as The Wired Society, Toronto (1984) and the Plan K, Brussels (1986). Then my sculpture dealt with the domestic, maximizing physical attributes in form of utilitarian objects (Sculptures et autres inventions, Louise Déry, Curator, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec 1996). I have been exploring since then, in terms of volume and shape, different avenues proposed by the medium of sculpture.

In the last decade, my photographic work has underlined social behavior sourced from Architecture, Advertising and Fashion (Carte Blanche Magenta Foundation 2006). Parallel to my practice as sculptor, I organized exhibitions as curator and designer, and my collaborative projects have included the opening of the first centre dedicated to architecture in Montréal (1997): 200m3 architecture & satellites, exhibiting International/National projects from Architects such as Rem Koolhaas & Kate Orff and Arakawa & Gins. My work has been generously supported over the years, by The Canada Council for the Arts, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation and The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation.

Michel Archambault

Recent Drawings, Reliefs and Sculptures

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FOLIO 01 2013

SLUM drawing 12 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013

SLUM drawing 01 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012

SLUM I © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Metal , Epoxy Paint and Wax _8’ 2 1/2” x 39” x 60”

STUDIO IMAGE © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013

Michel Archambault’s recent work is based on the interaction between mediums, references and materials. The constantly renewed and never completed questionings are carried by the sensible dimension of the objects. As the artist underlines “it is about creating triggers, generating sensibilities, and escaping the rational.”

Text : Aseman H. Sabet Traduction : Bernard Schutze Excerpt from Press Communiqué Solo Exhibition Sculptures et Images held at Clark Center in Montréal, October 2010.

CENTURY II © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2011 Sound & Motorized Sculpture_Solo Exhibition Maison Frontenac, Montréal_Light and Sound Equipm

ment, Motors, Acetate, Wood and Steel

CENTURY II © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2011

MIR 05 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_24 7/8” x 53” x 52 1/4”

MIR 05 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_24 7/8” x 53” x 52 1/4”

QUASAR 05 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_12 1/4’’ x 27 3/4”x 3’’

QUASAR 07 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_12 1/4’’x 47” x 3’’ QUASAR 02 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_12 1/2’’ x 21” x 3’’

QUASAR 08 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_12 1/2’’ x 28” x 3’’

UNTITLED © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012 SLUM II © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Paint, Textile and Steel_9’ x 40’’ x 31 1/2’’

STUDIO © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012

QUASAR 01 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_11’’ x 25” x 3’’

MIR 01 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_ 6 3/4” x 15 1/2” x 16”

MIR 04 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_20 1/2” x 40” x 60”

MIR 02 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_16 1/2” x 32 1/2” x 47”

QUASAR 03 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_ 12 1/2’’ x 47” x 3’’

QUASAR 04 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_21’’ x 25 1/2” x 3’’

QUASAR 06 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_ 12 1/2’’ x 21’’ x 3’’

MIR 03 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Various Mediums_ 21” x 24” x 55 3/4”

MIR 06 © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2013_Various Mediums_ 22” x 51 3/4” x 54 3/4’’”

RAW © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2011-2012_Painted Wood_10.5’ x 3’ x 8,3’

EMOTIONAL STATE © MICHEL ARCHAMBAULT 2012_Speakers, Sound Piece 07 min., Painted Wood_101’’ x 25’’ x 22’’

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