Sweet Asbestos
Galerie Meredith Keith, Toronto, Ontario.
18 novembre - 22 décembre 2011
Satirique, les nouvelles œuvres de Girard boivent amèrement à la fontaine de la politique récente En dansant sur une ligne étroite, et avec un fort sens de l'humour et du sarcasme, elle crée des récits résilients peuplés d'animaux et même de minéraux qui sont politiquement proactifs et même activistes.
Like an octopus, Cynthia Girard's pratice has many arms such as painting, installation, painted scuptures, text and performance. With this new project, Girard investigates the cumulative impacts of neoliberalism in Canadian recent history... Like an activist of the imaginary, her work borrows influences from popular culture, folk art, as well as art history that she grafts to sociopolitical issues. Sweet Asbestos is among other things a satire of national politics and the redistribution of richness. As a starting point she answers Joyce Wieland's Reason Over Passion seminal quilt artwork by painting a curious skunk sandwichman advertising : I love my country.
Satirical, Girard's new works drink bitterly in the fountain of recent politics Dancing on a narrow line, and with a strong sense of humour and sarcasm, she creates resilient narratives populated by animals and even minerals that are politically pro-active and even activists.