{"id":3019,"date":"2011-09-12T01:19:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T01:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2011-10-11T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T12:29:00","slug":"l%e2%80%99ame-des-fossiles-by-amelie-desjardins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=3019","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019\u00c2me des Fossiles by Am\u00e9lie Desjardins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Close_your_eyes_40X52.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3020\" title=\"Close_your_eyes_40X52\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Close_your_eyes_40X52.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Close your eyes, 40\u00a0x 52.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September\u00a022 \u2013 October 10, 2011<br \/>\n<\/strong>Opening:\u00a0Thursday, September 22, 6\u00a0&#8211; 9pm,\u00a0 Artist in attendance<br \/>\n<strong>Thompson Landry Gallery<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Distillery District<br \/>\n55 Mill Street, Building 5, #102<br \/>\n&amp; The Cooperage Building #32<br \/>\nToronto, Ontario, M5A 3C4<br \/>\nTel: 416-364-4955<br \/>\nE-mail:<a href=\"mailto:info@thompsonlandry.com\">info@thompsonlandry.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thompsonlandry.com\/\">www.thompsonlandry.com<\/a><br \/>\nHours: Tues \u2013 Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5<\/p>\n<p>Ancient and forgotten materials with a rich history are drastically transformed and brought to life again through the work of Am\u00e9lie Desjardins.\u00a0 Diving into the seas of Asia, the artist retrieves pieces of exotic woods left behind from shipwrecks and collapsed bridges and reconstructs them into a stunning multimedia work of art.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0On September 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, the Thompson Landry Gallery invites you to view <em>L\u2019\u00c2me des Fossiles<\/em>, over 30 incredible new works by Qu\u00e9becois artist Am\u00e9lie Desjardins, who is quickly rising to the top of the Montreal art scene.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1980, Desjardins grew up in the eastern townships, where she acquired a strong passion for nature, the countryside, and particularly the sea.\u00a0 This early appreciation of the natural world lead her to pursue traveling and she soon began to explore this world in search of the wonders that inspire her.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of her artistic career, Am\u00e9lie Desjardins\u2019 work has been a reflection of her life; a constant journey of endless discovery.\u00a0 Her love for adventure lead her to create a visual language based on the passage of a man through treacherous waters and mysterious forests.\u00a0 She scuba dives deep in the seas of South East Asia, Oceania and Japan to recover pieces of mahogany, teak and other exotic woods left behind from shipwrecks and collapsed bridges and boats.\u00a0 Enriched with fascinating colours and textures, these planks are assembled together into linear compositions and combined with a layer of photography and mixed media.\u00a0 These integrated scenes depict a sense of peaceful tranquility with the underlying promise of adventure; birds in flight, a seaside paradise or secretive woods.<\/p>\n<p>Am\u00e9lie presents her work on exotic wood salvaged from shipwrecked and sunken boats.\u00a0 These boats are inlaid with secret histories and constructed of wood that has seen the passage of time, and the continuity of its matter. Its passage will encounter a new destination in Desjardins\u2019 latest series, <em>L\u2019\u00c2me des Fossiles<\/em>, exhibited exclusively in Toronto at the Thompson Landry Gallery. With these works, Desjardins presents to you her sanctuary, her secret garden&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 22 \u2013 October 10, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening: Thursday, September 22, 6-9pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thompson Landry Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Am\u00e9lie Desjardins\u2019 works reveal the beauty of materials carved by Mother Nature herself, skilfully crafted into unique and picturesque images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=3019\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listings_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3019"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3981,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3019\/revisions\/3981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}