Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf
Karlsplatz Station
Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf’s practice, at once playful and conceptual, has been dealing in recent years with the appropriation, détournement, and transformation of found printed matter. In Karlsplatz Station, the artists offers an image inspired by his Études préparatoires, in which he draws explosions on the pages of books. Silkscreen printing enables him to mimic both the photographical nature of the architecture textbook’s page, as well as the jagged and colourful shape of the “explosion”.
Edition of 50 copies printed on Stonehenge 100% cotton paper of archive quality, 56x76 cm. 3-colors silk-screen print and varnish.
BIOGRAPHIE
Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf is an artist, writer and curator. His work has been featured in several solo artist-run centers, galleries and museums in Quebec, including the Musée régional de Rimouski, Centre d’art et de diffusion Clark, l’Oeil de Poisson and Arprim, as well as the Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie-St-Paul. In 2013, he was nominated for the prestigious Prix Pierre-Ayot, for Montreal’s emerging artists.
Photo credit: Christian Leduc