Michel Piquette

Nuit Blanche à Dubai

2015

It is the luminous colours of Michel Piquette’s works that first catch the eye. His chromatic circles that stir up vision take root in an aesthetic tradition a few decades old alread...

It is the luminous colours of Michel Piquette’s works that first catch the eye. His chromatic circles that stir up vision take root in an aesthetic tr...

The title "Interventions On The Imaginary" is a clear reference to Marcia Crosby’s essay, "The Construction of the Imaginary Indian", and situates itself within the realm of remix culture—as digital interventions onto works that contain the colonial gaze. These interventions participate in the growing discourse of decolonization, acting as “tags” to challenging the colonial fantasy of terra nullius and confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race...

The title "Interventions On The Imaginary" is a clear reference to Marcia Crosby’s essay, "The Construction of the Imaginary Indian", and situates itself within the realm of remix culture—as digital interventions onto works that contain the colonial gaze. These interventions participate in the growing discourse of decolonization, acting as “tags” to challenging the colonial fantasy of terra nullius and confronting the dominant colonial culture’s continued portrayal of Indigenous peoples as a vanishing race...

iPad drawing on aluminum. Printed from the original digital file. From the "A Song for The Earth" series inspired by Mahler's DAS LIED VON DER ERDE. 12" x 12" #1 of 10 editions Se...

iPad drawing on aluminum. Printed from the original digital file. From the "A Song for The Earth" series inspired by Mahler's DAS LIED VON DER ERDE. 12 x 12" #1 of 10 editions Sebast...

Digital print on metal; semigloss finish; signed in verso. Artist Commentary: Part of the Southern Seas Series, this image is a manipulation of my own original photograph. Harnessin...

Artist Commentary: Playing with my own photographs allows me to explore not only what is seen, but what could be. The original photograph in the series is an architectural style prin...