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Artist Statement:
«Many people have a tree
growing in their heads, but
the brain itself is much more
like grass than a tree. » G.
Deleuze & F. Guattari, Mille
plateaux, Ed. de Minuit.
Strongly affected by the
imagery of this particular
quote from Deleuze and
Guattari, Michael A. Robinson
reflects on his artistic
production as being at once
diffused in a multiplicity of
directions. But the plurality
of his artistic experiences or
the absence of linearity
between his various works
should not be interpreted as a
simple commitment to
methodological eclecticism.
In fact it is fundamental to
understand that his works
function first and foremost as
residues of performative
actions and experiences rather
than displays of alleged
competence. Hence their
poetic nature and resounding
presence.
His artistic process is thus
composed of loosely woven
connections and multiple
references which have no clear
subject or object. Rather
than trying to develop an
interpretation of his
subconscious, Robinson’s
production process favours a
display of the subconscious in
motion.
By combining figurative and
formal languages and
conceptual and expressionist
approaches, Robinson’s works
play deliberately on the
complexity and intimacy of the
creative act as it relates to
contemporary artistic
production. The artist’s
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Artist Exhibitions:
EXPOSITIONS INDIVIDUELLES :
2008 The Debris Field,
Pierre-François Ouellette art
contemporain, Montréal,
Québec
L'horizon des événements,
Expression Centre d'exposition
de Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec
2006 Speed Giants, Centre
d'exposition CIRCA, Montréal,
Québec
2004 Faits Divers,
Pierre-François Ouellette art
contemporain, ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
2008 - Jérome Delgado,
Premiers champs de couleur, Le
Devoir, (doc. visuelle)
2007 -Samuel Gaudreau-Lalande,
Autour dés errances, ETC
Montréal, No. 78,
juin-julliet, 2007, (doc
visuelle p.46-47)
2006 -Françoise Belu, Donner
du temps à l’espace, Vie des
Arts, No. 204, 2006.
(doc. Visuelle ...
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Collections:
Musée nationale des beaux-arts
du Québec, Québec
Museum of Contemporary Art,
Montréal
Canada Council Art Bank
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Commissions:
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Michael A. Robinson Biography:
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Michael A. Robinson’s works have been presented in many solo exhibitions, recently at gallery Pierre-François Ouellette, Montréal (The Debris Field, 2008, and Faits Divers, 2004), Expression - Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe (The Event Horizon, 2008), at Centre d'exposition CIRCA, (Speed Giants 2006), à SKOL Centre des arts actuels, Montréal (Sweet Dreams, 2003). His most recent group shows include Québec Gold, 2008, Reims, France, la Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine, 2006, in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Treehouse, 2006, Galerie Liane and Danny Taran, Montréal, Québec, L’écho des limbes, 2005, Galerie Leonard and Bina Ellen, Montréal, and Avancer dans le brouillard, 2004, Musée national des Beaux-arts du Québec, Canada.
Since 2007, he has taught part-time at the University of Quebec in Montreal within the Department of Visual and Media Arts.
His works are part of numerous public and private collections. Included are the Museum of Contemporary Art in Montreal, The National Museum of Fine Arts in Quebec, and the Canada Council Art Bank.
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