JOSEE GUITARD
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY
Canadian artist Josee Guitard paints urban landscapes inspired by modern architectural concepts. Guitard has worked in the construction industry in various capacities throughout her professional career, which sparked her fascination with the angular grid-like morphology of large cities. To her, art is akin to erecting a building. Using a palette knife as a tool, she forges textures and reliefs with acrylic paint, gloss and matte mediums, and pumice stone. Brick by brick, layer by layer, dynamic cityscapes emerge; conquering the space with jutting concrete silhouettes, vigorously propelled towards the skies. With a highcontrast palette dominated by black, white, and red tones, Guitard’s metropolises have the eerie quality of an empty Gotham. The streets are vacant and the structures hollow. Yet, there is a life force that animates the entire composition, as if incarnating a collective spirit, which is very much palpable at first glance. Her cityscapes are meant to embody the quintessential contemporary city, one which we can all relate to and make our own.
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I make urban abstract landscapes inspired by modern architectural concepts. Having worked in construction for many years, to me making a painting is akin to erecting a building. Using a palette knife as my main tool, I build thick layers of acrylic paint, forging textures and reliefs with matte and gloss mediums and pumice stone. The images do not depict specific locations. Rather they are meant to evoke personal references and memories in the viewer about places they have been and experienced, making them their own.
530 West 25th Street, New York, NY 212-226-4151 Fax: 212-966-4380
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