{"id":18500,"date":"2013-04-22T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T15:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=18500"},"modified":"2013-05-07T11:11:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T15:11:38","slug":"bertrand-carriere-artists-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=18500","title":{"rendered":"BERTRAND CARRI\u00c8RE \/ Artists Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Bertrand Carri\u00e8re, Coin-du-Banc<\/em>, 2010 \u00a9 Bertrand Carri\u00e8re \/ Courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n

Bertrand\u00a0Carri\u00e8re \/ Apr\u00e8s Strand<\/strong><\/span>
\nSTEPHEN BULGER GALLERY<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Artist Talk: Saturday, May 4, 1 – 2 p.m.; RSVP as seating is limited<\/span>
\nClosing Reception and Book Signing: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 2 – 5 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bertrand Carri\u00e8re. \u201cApr\u00e8s Strand\u201d revisits a part of photographic history through the work of American photographer Paul Strand and his connection to Carri\u00e8re\u2019s own territory, Qu\u00e9bec.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the summer of 2010, Carri\u00e8re travelled to the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula, following the route that Strand took in 1929 and 1936. From his two trips to Gasp\u00e9sie, Strand produced a number of pictures, but few are known to the general public. These two expeditions were brief, but they marked a turning point in his career as he began to tackle the problems raised by a photographicdepiction of landscape and, as a result, he became the precursor of a new vision. When referring to the Gasp\u00e9sie photographs, Strand said, “Their importance is that they were the first more systematic, conscious efforts to organize a landscape and its elements, all its elements.\u201d Strand\u2019s first trip was dedicated to the landscapes and his second was about making portraits of the people who lived there. These two trips formed what Strand defined as the essential character of a place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carri\u00e8re\u2019s photographs adopt Strand’s vision of photography and his approach to landscape. While deliberately avoiding imitation, he allowed himself to absorb Strand’s lessons, observing time, memory and landscape. Carri\u00e8re is fascinated with stories that are bound to the land, traces of which persist to this day. His attention was drawn to the social landscape and vernacular architecture, documenting modest houses, barns, fishermen’s cabins and wayside crosses. He photographed some of the inhabitants he met, trying to be faithful to a humanistic approach, out of respect for the people who have shaped the land and have kept these remote communities alive, while struggling with an unforgiving climate and difficult socioeconomic conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gasp\u00e9sie that Strand documented no longer exists, but Carri\u00e8re\u2019s work was deeply inspired by the places Strand photographed. He also had the chance to meet with, and photograph, the grandson of one of Strand’s subjects. During the summer of 2010, Carri\u00e8re travelled 5,000 miles, along route 132, looking for that essential character that Strand tried to capture.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bertrand Carri\u00e8re \/ Apr\u00e8s Strand
\nStephen Bulger Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, May 4, 2013<\/strong>
\nArtists Talk 1 – 2 p.m.
\nClosing Reception and Book Signing 2 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

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