18 Seconds (Les dix-huit secondes) / vs02 was inspired by a screenplay by Antonin Artaud. The work uses imagery – digital and organic – as metaphors to capture the psychological state – in flux – of the protagonist
Selected Works on Canvas and Paper: Between 1993 and 2017, the artist has created over 1000 sketches on paper and canvas using various mediums – lead, ink, charcoal, pastels. Also during this period over 300 oil and acrylic based paintings were created.
The Digital Landscape Series: The Horizon is made up of 14 digital plates (versions). They were shot with my HTC Desire (Android Phone) in the Eastern Townships, Quebec (2013). I’ve long held an interest in Landscape. I had explored it extensively through the oil paintings which I created between 1995 to 2005. Although the digital medium …
“Ordinarily, upon hearing the word “object”, the first thing we think is “subject”. Our second thought, perhaps, is that objects are fixed, stable and unchanging, and therefore to be contrasted with events and processes. The object, we are told, is that which is opposed to a subject, and the question of the relation between the …
In his latest work entitled “The Originals”, the artist surveys and documents elements of his previous works, as well as reproducing some of his original, digital, content which, arose out of several projects such as The Conversation (2012), The Spaces We AR (2013) and The Democracy of Objects Project (2014): projects which critically explored and …
The act of observing or interacting via technological devices generates repetitive gestures. We use these gestures to access our technological devices. Over time, these gestures become recognizable actions intertwined with our personal, social and cultural identity. They become part of our everyday rituals.
For the ninth iteration of the world’s most radically open art event, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University’s (KCAD’s) TheFedGalleries @ KCAD will unveil an exhibition that explores the gap between our authentic experiences of reality and the artificial experiences we encounter daily through a never-ending and ever-evolving barrage of media.
Promotional Video for ArtPrize 9, 2017 hosted in Grand Rapid, MI – showing various venues and artworks including The Day for Night Project by John Naccarato which was part of the group exhibit at The Fed Galleries, KCAD, Grand Rapids, MI, 2017
‘Untitled (aka Leonard)’ was the first Hybrid Sculptural Object, conceived for a series entitled ‘The Limits of Control’ (2009), followed by three other Objects entitled, ‘Untitled (aka Marta’), ‘Holy Cow Television’, and ‘Presence’.