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Item Ships From: Montreal
Well, that was unexpected
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Coming out of Sonny Assu's artist residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts, they have created a new body of work called the Santa Fe series. The artwork is filled with flui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
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By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Coming out of Sonny Assu's artist residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts, they have created a new body of work called the Santa Fe series. The artwork is filled with flui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
$5,600
King Tide
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Coming out of Sonny Assu's artist residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts, they have created a new body of work called the Santa Fe series. The artwork is filled with flui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Wheezing the Juice
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Coming out of Sonny Assu's artist residency at the Institute of American Indian Arts, they have created a new body of work called the Santa Fe series. The artwork is filled with flui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Cloud (Surtsey 1963)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova, a dark and desolate world parallel to our own. Robbie Cornelissen’s drawings, such as The Space of Absence and Thriller, seem to pull from the stop motion’s frames. Other images, made especially for The Undertow isolate key fragments; the cloud, mounds and timeless dwellings, Cornelissen’s signature technical interest.
In addition to his methodical approach, Cornelissen uses the written word, scrawling and erasing terms repeatedly, in English, French, and German, these fastidious markings and exact translations leave a trace and a glitch on paper and screen. Much of his existing work includes words and phrases like “tribunal,” “myself when I am real” and “the need to disappear.” Do they identify what forms, systems and sentiments that are, or could be present? Or do they warn of what is to come?
Suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body, Cornelissen’s clouds extend down to the surface, looming over Earth and Terra Nova. But are they harmless clouds, or associated with nuclear explosions? And is that the ash, dust, pollution and detritus of these invented places, the remnants of an unsustainable society, a dream factory? Or the promise of life anew? In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.
The ominous aura of the grid, an applied system and structure used by many, including draughtsmen, architects, urban planners, designers and artists to organise and sometimes classify information, is a recurring element in his work. The grid can be observed from a distant bird’s eye view, or close up, allowing Cornelissen’s large format drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil
Cloud (Angel)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Ro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Pastel
Cloud (Atlantic tropical cyclons 1954-2021)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Ro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Places (Underworld)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova, a dark and desolate world parallel to our own. Robbie Cornelissen’s drawings, such as The Space of Absence and Thriller, seem to pull from the stop motion’s frames. Other images, made especially for The Undertow isolate key fragments; the cloud, mounds and timeless dwellings, Cornelissen’s signature technical interest.
In addition to his methodical approach, Cornelissen uses the written word, scrawling and erasing terms repeatedly, in English, French, and German, these fastidious markings and exact translations leave a trace and a glitch on paper and screen. Much of his existing work includes words and phrases like “tribunal,” “myself when I am real” and “the need to disappear.” Do they identify what forms, systems and sentiments that are, or could be present? Or do they warn of what is to come?
Suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body, Cornelissen’s clouds extend down to the surface, looming over Earth and Terra Nova. But are they harmless clouds, or associated with nuclear explosions? And is that the ash, dust, pollution and detritus of these invented places, the remnants of an unsustainable society, a dream factory? Or the promise of life anew? In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.
The ominous aura of the grid, an applied system and structure used by many, including draughtsmen, architects, urban planners, designers and artists to organise and sometimes classify information, is a recurring element in his work. The grid can be observed from a distant bird’s eye view, or close up, allowing Cornelissen’s large format drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Places (1)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova, a dark and desolate world parallel to our own. Robbie Cornelissen’s drawings, such as The Space of Absence and Thriller, seem to pull from the stop motion’s frames. Other images, made especially for The Undertow isolate key fragments; the cloud, mounds and timeless dwellings, Cornelissen’s signature technical interest.
In addition to his methodical approach, Cornelissen uses the written word, scrawling and erasing terms repeatedly, in English, French, and German, these fastidious markings and exact translations leave a trace and a glitch on paper and screen. Much of his existing work includes words and phrases like “tribunal,” “myself when I am real” and “the need to disappear.” Do they identify what forms, systems and sentiments that are, or could be present? Or do they warn of what is to come?
Suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body, Cornelissen’s clouds extend down to the surface, looming over Earth and Terra Nova. But are they harmless clouds, or associated with nuclear explosions? And is that the ash, dust, pollution and detritus of these invented places, the remnants of an unsustainable society, a dream factory? Or the promise of life anew? In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.
The ominous aura of the grid, an applied system and structure used by many, including draughtsmen, architects, urban planners, designers and artists to organise and sometimes classify information, is a recurring element in his work. The grid can be observed from a distant bird’s eye view, or close up, allowing Cornelissen’s large format drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Terra Nova (Space Ship)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
The Space of Absence
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
3 sheets of A-4 sized paper.
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Four Clouds
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Ro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
The Treasury Edition: Spidey Spectacular #3
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
As a kid, comic books were a form of entertainment and escape. The ideal of future monetary value in these objects was far from my kid mind. I'd crease the pages, handle the covers w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Archival Paper
The Treasury Edition: Spidey Spectacular #5
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
As a kid, comic books were a form of entertainment and escape. The ideal of future monetary value in these objects was far from my kid mind. I'd crease the pages, handle the covers w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink
Cutting Edge
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
As a kid, comic books were a form of entertainment and escape. The ideal of future monetary value in these objects was far from my kid mind. I'd crease the pages, handle the covers w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink
Cutting Edge
By Sonny Assu
Located in Montreal, Quebec
As a kid, comic books were a form of entertainment and escape. The ideal of future monetary value in these objects was far from my kid mind. I'd crease the pages, handle the covers w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink
Exhausted Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Swollen short motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Elegantly Enslaving Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Elegantly Enslaving Legendary Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Dangerous Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Armored Slogan
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Ideal Paste
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Fallen Ideals
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Ground Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Entangled Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Almost Invisible Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Three mottoes derived from the same distant Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Infinite Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Scaly Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Murderous Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Slippery Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Assassinated Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Old Slogan
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Multiple Motto Coupon /Ticket Roll
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Extremely Long Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Lascivious Ideals
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Contradictory Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Prefab Versatile Motto Strip Fragment
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Slogans and Mottoes parasitizing an Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Hairy Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Poisonous Motto Maternity
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Super Practical Repairing Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Ephemeral Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Disposable Motto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Wily Reptilian Catchword
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Offspring
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Archaic Slogan
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Frankenmotto
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Extra Fresh 100% Authentic Imperishable Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Offsprings
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Thorny Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Bipolar Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Deparazited Ideal
By Renato Garza Cervera
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Through processes like transgression, confrontation and hybridization Renato Garza Cervera’s work questions and generates a series of reflections upon contemporary culture and relate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Monument V.E.
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Stairs
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
The Battle (1)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
The Dance (2)
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
Myself when I am Real
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
The White Nucleus
By Robbie Cornelissen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With a career spanning more than three decades, Robbie Cornelissen has established himself among the leading contemporary draughtsmen in Europe. His vast and irresolute creative universe demonstrates the complexity of a world dealing with new spatial concepts. Every corner of the planet may have been explored, but digital technologies have opened up an endless universe to discover, a virtual labyrinth without an exit in which one can easily get lost. His drawings often serve vertiginous perspectives out of which emerge distressing voids that refer more to metaphorical states of mind than physical spaces. Cornelissen’s works offer an exploration of these fields and are therefore often viewed as places of anxiety. They could easily be interpreted as portraits of a technophobic mind, alarmed by the speeds and heights of our advanced neoliberal societies. But for some, the volatility of these spaces is also incredibly exciting – liberating even. Cornelissen represents a world in which things are freed from the pragmatism of their usage to exist simply for the interest of their geometry. This is particularly true of architecture, the prime subject of his artistic research.
In many ways, Cornelissen’s technique is very classical. His expertise of linear perspective takes root in the heritage of Quattrocento Masters of the likes of Pietro Perugino...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
