The Queen Elizabeth Hotel & Artists’ Collective UVA
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Artworks with artefacts of the Reine Elizabeth
In partnership with the Reine Elizabeth Hotel
Opening reception: April 26, from 17:00-21:00
Exhibition from April 24 to May 1st 2018
LE LIVART Gallery, 3980 St-Denis street, Montreal, QC H2W 2M3
As part of its renovations (2016-2017), the prestigious hotel Le Reine Élizabeth commissioned U.V.A to recover silverware and other prestigious heritage materials to create an eco-artistic projetc. These recyclable artifacts made of glass, marble, metal and other, come from different parts of the hotel, including the Beaver Club and the John Lennon and Yoko Ono Suite.
At least two of the five artworks that I created with artefacts from the Reine Elizabeth Hotel will be exhibited.
Explorations I
2017 – 36″ x 36″ / 91 cm x 91 cm
Arcylic, India ink, spray paint on wallpaper from the Reine Elizabeth Hotel
2,800 $ CAD + taxes & shipping
A tapestry with subtle opalescent reflections is the starting point of this work. These reflections, reminiscent of iridescent mother-of-pearl, are modified indefinitely according to the variations of light and are colored by tints and patterns that interact on the canvas.
Explorations II
2017 – 36″ x 36″ / 91 cm x 91 cm
Arcylic, India ink, spray paint on wallpaper from the Reine Elizabeth Hotel
2,800 $ CAD + taxes & shipping
A tapestry with subtle opalescent reflections is the starting point of this work. These reflections, reminiscent of iridescent mother-of-pearl, are modified indefinitely according to the variations of light and are colored by tints and patterns that interact on the canvas.
Souvenirs de mon enfance I
2017 – 20″ x 20″ / 51 cm x 51 cm
Arcylic,digital printing on wallpaper and silverware tureen lids from the Reine Elizabeth Hotel on wood panel
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The patina, the shape and the material of simple tureen lids conjure up everlasting memories of tenderness and reassurance. Light and paint interact with the material and the shape of the lids to create in their reflections a colorful and abstract world.
Souvenirs de mon enfance II
2017 – 20″ x 20″ / 51 cm x 51 cm
Arcylic,digital printing on wallpaper and silverware tureen lids from the Reine Elizabeth Hotel on wood panel
1,460 $CAD + taxes & shipping
The patina, the shape and the material of simple tureen lids conjure up everlasting memories of tenderness and reassurance. Light and paint interact with the material and the shape of the lids to create in their reflections a colorful and abstract world.
PB28 – Itérations
2017 – 24″ x 60″ / 61 cm x 152 cm
Arcylic, resin, silicone, siverware saucers from the Le Reine Elizabeth Hotel on wood panel
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A conversation with the object, this atypical work was immediately suggested by the personality of the saucers that are a part of it. Succession of subtle modifications of the cobalt blue color (pigment PB28), the iteration renews a process in a sequence whose intervals can be divided indefinitely.
In partnership with the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel and the owners Ivanhoé Cambridge, the mandate of UVA is to give a new life to these artifacts by bringing together a Collective of some 40 notable international and emerging artists to use those artifacts to create works of art inspired by the timeless imprint they conceal. In addition to valuing our heritage assets, the exhibit will promote an ecologically sensitive vision of our environment and our consumer society. By reusing and incorporating these artifacts in works of art, the Collective contributes indirectly to the well-being of the planet.
The Queen E., previously hosted such famous personalities as Indira Gandhi, Queen Elizabeth II, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, the Beatles and John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Bed-in for Peace in 1969.