{"id":10485,"date":"2012-05-08T13:51:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T17:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=10485"},"modified":"2012-06-11T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:55:41","slug":"to-be-someone-by-virginie-bocaert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=10485","title":{"rendered":"To be Someone by Virginie Bocaert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Secret of Optimism 24 x 48, Acrylic on Canvas<\/p>\n

May 17 \u2013 June 10, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: \u00a0Thursday, May 17, 6 -9 p.m.
\nThompson Landry Gallery<\/strong>
\nThe Distillery District
\nStone Distillery Space
\n55 Mill Street, Building 5, #102
\nToronto, Ontario, M5A 3C4
\nTel: 416.364.4955
\nE-mail:info@thompsonlandry.com<\/a>
\nwww.thompsonlandry.com<\/a>
\nHours: Tues\u2013Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5<\/p>\n

The Thompson Landry Gallery is pleased to present: To Be Someone<\/em>, a new series of beautiful acrylic paintings by Virginie Bocaert. Known for her exquisite renderings of the female body, Bocaert\u2019s new series captivates the viewer with her ability to connect her subject\u2019s emotions with those experienced by her audience. Her pieces reinforce the inseparable nature of the physical and emotional, which can be revealed in the body and expressions of each individual. Her paintings externalize the souls and desires of the subjects, lifting the veil of appearances and constructs which each individual possesses.<\/p>\n

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To Be Someone<\/em> is as much about self-discovery as\u00a0it is about connecting with others. Each figure\u00a0reflects the human desire to have a prominent\u00a0place in the life of another. An important part of Bocaert\u2019s process is to let the viewer impose their own emotions and experiences on her characters as they interpret them. Bocaert\u2019s approach to the body is very spiritual. It is her ability to convey the spirit of the figures drawn which makes her work so compelling. She has said \u201cThe beauty and aesthetics is omnipresent in my work, but the expression of the soul can refer to a beauty which is sometimes tortured, and questionable. I try, like a photographer would, to capture the moment of emotion but the passage of time makes my characters changes states very quickly. It is then for the viewer to live and to accept or not accept this\u00a0emotion in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bocaert attended the \u00c9cole superieur de mode de Paris before working in fashion, which had a major impact on her painting career. Her most recent work maintains some influences from the fashion world but also explores the\u00a0self-discovery she has gained in her artistic career, and in her personal life. Her new works are inspired by major life questions entering her forties, her newfound ability to accept herself and exchange her need for external beauty, for a quest for internal beauty. In contrast to fashion where the goal is to cover the body to give a person another aesthetic identity, her work aims to lift this veil, to bring out the fragile beauty that everyone possesses. The colours and materials, created by delicate glazes, mimic the veil that each individual has taken on and needs to be lifted to express real emotion.<\/p>\n

To Be Someone<\/em> is a breathtaking expression not only of Bocaert\u2019s evolution as an artist but also as a woman. The figures imitate connections we make to those around us and the ability to be sensitive and compassionate to the emotions of our loved ones. Her work is a testament to look beyond the surface of both the painting and the individual to discover something new and inspiring. To Be Someone reveals that it is never too early or too late to experience new sides of ourselves with others and that self-discovery is ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 17 \u2013 June 10, 2012<\/strong>
\nOpening: Thursday, May 17, 6 -9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Thompson Landry Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

reveals the soul of her subjects by gracefully lifting the veil of the facade which each of us possesses.<\/p>\n

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