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The circle becomes a recurrent format for a while. My route through labyrinths leads me away from the quadrangle of the pictorial practice toward more fluid spaces to express myself on subjects such as earth, water, air, and fire.

«La nuit, le jour», a work made of light and shadows, is at the center of this exploration.

Les éléments

«Le soleil»	«L'air»
«L'eau (détail)»	«La terre»

«Tissus passés, papiers cousus» is the title of the exhibition that took place in collaboration with Carole Gauron at the Galerie R3 of the Université de Trois-Rivières and at Art Mûr in Montreal.

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The printed fabric becomes integrated with paper. Materials are selected among former works scraps which I never throw away. Logos from clothes are added. Naomi Klein’s No Logo has suggested to me this diverting of the function of logos, turning them back to the fascinating colours of threads used by the busy seamstresses who do not have time to pay attention to them.

For small pieces (Petits formats), I borrowed paper money, sewing liras, francs that became obsolete and five Canadian dollar bills. I had already showed two small works at the Biennale de la miniature de Ville-Marie of 1996. With the arrival of the euro, I felt it worthwhile to keep the old engraved images of paper money alive in the memory of time.

«Petits formats: vue d'ensemble »

La nuit, le jour

«La nuit, le jour»

Seventeen circles assembled creating an eight feet wide circle on the wall. This work was presented in the exhibition «Penser Bildung», organized by the CATQ, touring around the art centers of Quebec. The round surfaces of light and shadow are floating like islands or planets where reference points are lost.