À l’épaule (2009)

Lin, bois, acier, verre, corde.

Installation extérieure | Outdoor installation

Cette installation extérieure est le résultat d’un projet de collaboration entre l’artiste et la communauté de Lac-Sergent dans le site de la chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, Lac-Sergent.

L’artiste Colette Matte poursuit une démarche créatrice liée au mouvement et à l’organisation cyclique du temps. En associant le cycle de croissance du lin à celui de la vie quotidienne des résidents et à celui des générations qui se sont succédé à Lac-Sergent, elle amène les citoyens à participer à la réalisation d’une installation extérieure éphémère comportant des éléments sculpturaux intégrés au paysage riverain. Le processus permettra aux citoyens de développer leur sentiment d’appartenance à la collectivité, de vivre l’entraide évoquée par le titre du projet et de partager les connaissances et les habiletés requises pour réaliser une œuvre d’art.

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As an artist, Colette Matte explores movement and time cycles. By relating the growth cycle of the flax plant to the cycles of residents’ daily lives and the successive generations at Lac-Sergent, she draws people to participate in the creation of an ephemeral artwork to be installed on the shores of the lake near the Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix chapel. The process will give people an opportunity to develop their sense of belonging to the community, enjoy the experience of helping one another alluded to in the title of the project, and share the knowledge and skills required to make an artwork.

Flax Field, 2011

Photography, vinyl, rods

Behind the presbytery, there is a field of pale blue flax blossoms that has been prepared especially this summer’s visitors. A path has been laid out so they can stroll about and admire nature. However, one must not be deceived, for Osborn and Freeman had recreated nature in their own special way. Set up in the grass, this apparent field of blue is actually hundreds of little vinyl squares printed on both sides with flower images. They have been planted in the ground, so as to allow them to sway in the wind, just as a natural flower would. Nature lovers, Osborne and Freeman create here a landscape composed of both natural and artificial elements where poetry holds sway over all. This piece is intended not only to express the timelessness of nature and of life itself, but also its regeneration.

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Originally from Australia, Lyndal Osborne has lived and worked in Edmonton since 1971. She studied at the Sydney National Art School and at the University of Wisconsin, where she obtained her Masters in Visual Arts. Currently she teaches at University of Alberta’s Department of Art and Design. She has participated in more than 300 expositions around the world. Concerned about ecological balance and climactic change, her research deals with nature its timelessness and how it regenerates. Her artwork consists of taking items from nature, as well as scraps of urban odds and ends, and then recycling them in order to create art installations that truly celebrate life.

John Freeman holds a Master in Visual Arts from the University of Alberta (1972). He did teach at the University of Alberta’s Department of Art and Design until 2006. He has participated in many solo and groups exhibitions in Canada and abroad. Numerous collections present his work as the Art Gallery of Alberta as well as the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Lyndal Osborne et John Freeman – BILP 2011 from Biennale du lin on Vimeo.