Exhibitions
This Is Not a Metaphor
Blass’s exhibition at the Fonderie Darling explores the erotic tension that drives our desire to see, in which our recognition of a familiar object is therefore constantly vexed—excited—by an eruption of the unusual, a visual anomaly, an ambivalence between resemblance and dissemblance. Blass has deepened her interest in the sculptural potential of the photographic image, therefore her exhibition suggests a journey through the metamorphosis of the image as a sculptural skin.
Exhibition produced in partnership with Fonderie Darling.
The exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Valérie Blass, Le mime, le modèle et le dupe, 2019, acrylic, oil, gouache, plaster, copper, chip bag, jumpsuit, resin, epoxy, fibreglass. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography, courtesy of Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver), Claridge Collection
Valérie Blass, Au cœur du malentendu, 2019, metal, acrylic, oil, gouache, inkjet print on polyester. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography, courtesy of Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver), collection of M. Paul Desmarais and Mary Dailey Desmarais
Valérie Blass, Ce qui a déjà été vu ne peut pas être dévu, 2020, inkjet print on paper mounted on aluminum. Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver), Claridge Collection
Valérie Blass, Le mime, le modèle et le dupe, 2019, acrylic, oil, gouache, plaster, copper, chip bag, jumpsuit, resin, epoxy, fibreglass. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography, courtesy of Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver), Claridge Collection
Valérie Blass, Au cœur du malentendu, 2019, metal, acrylic, oil, gouache, inkjet print on polyester. Photo: Rachel Topham Photography,courtesy of Catriona Jeffries (Vancouver),collection of M. Paul Desmarais and Mary Dailey Desmarais
