Echoportrait
The presence of the meeting
The exhibition "Echoportrait, the Presence of Encounter" is the result of two years of research and experimentation. I have always been intrigued by the dynamics of feelings experienced by people who meet. "What do we really say to each other when we meet?" I therefore experimented with an encounter between two people through a ten-minute exchange of glances in silence. Then, the two people were invited to write a self-praise based on their experience of looking directly into each other's eyes and what it felt like to be looked at. Then the roles were reversed: the person who looked became the person being looked at, and vice versa.
In a second step, I created for each one a portrait of the feeling - in my abstract expressionist style - from the written echo-praises, what resonates in me from the person face to face, what I called an "echo-portrait".
I am therefore exhibiting a set of four "echo portraits" for each of the duo meetings.
In the same spirit, I began my family's "echo-portraits," a family tree inspired by self-praise, feelings, and memories of each member of my lineage. This collection aims to be universal; these portraits evoke family ties, and it's up to each individual to perceive their own resonance.
Friday, August 18 - 5pm-8pm
Opening of the "Echoportrait" exhibition
Gallery 203 - 227 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal
I invite you to the opening of this new exhibition:
a corpus of about forty small format works on wooden panels.
Reading self-praise is on the agenda.
A celebratory drink, of course :)
I can't wait to share my latest year of creative work with you :)
The workshop has been postponed until the fall - Dates to be announced
The workshop "When our eyes meet"
Gallery 203 - 227 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal
Creative writing and painting workshop
Discover your creative intuition through the art of self-praise and the gestural freedom of colors.
A crucial moment to connect and discover each other for the first time or the umpteenth time.
Working in pairs, after exchanging a silent glance, you will experience the roles of the observer and the observer. You will write a self-reflection on your experience of each role, and then give free rein to your creativity to create two small-format artworks.
At the end of the day, we will exhibit the works and share our praises .
Materials provided: 12x12in canvas - acrylic paint made from my own pigments
Cost: $130 CAD/person - $50 upon registration
10 people max
Registration: contact@veroniquebesancon.com - 514-569-1931
Saturday, August 19 - 5@7
Staging my artistic approach
Gallery 203 - 227 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal
Informal meeting to share
I will present some quartets,
I will read the echoes that inspired them.
And I will answer questions and comments...
A celebratory drink will be shared.
"I'm making myself into a heroine"
I announce to the planet
My desire to beautify
My cornucopia."
Veronica 2023
Sunday, August 20 - 11am-5pm
International Self-Praise Day
Gallery 203 - 227 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal
For this first International Self-Praise Day
I invite you to immerse yourself in my practice of echo-praise.
where colours and words mingle.
I propose following an exchange of silent glances
to write your praise and proclaim it to yourself.
2 p.m.: Buissonnière: I invite you to write on a chosen board
in the manner of self-praise and sharing.
