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Sylvie Cantin’s contemporary works originate from conceptual aesthetics and research projects undertaken around 1984 – a decisive year during which experiments with a variety of materials and techniques shaped Sylvie Cantin’s early career as a window and display designer, and her later forays as an artist. Consistently though her creations and designs privileged quality and aesthetic sensibility. |
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It is through Sylvie Cantin’s commercial work that began her exploration of the many possibilities and techniques specific to paper, a medium which became her sole inspiration from 1988 onward. |
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As paper is a central issue in Sylvie Cantin’s work, it seems crucial to stress that she experiences its possibilities as a survival and surviving element, just as her work in progress goes through multi-stage technical searches and philosophical theses. What comes out of this is a limited series of evidential pieces that are witness of her quest, such as a series of clocks (fragile, capturing time), credences (foget-me-not samples and reunion remembrances), bowls and vases (still life) chairs (to rely on) frames (forever still)… Lost and found memories and ultimately, Living Things. |
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Sylvie Cantin’s work has many inspirations and rhythms. |
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Her reputation and knowledge have traveled around the world; many of her designs have been acquired by several important collections, both in Canada and abroad. |
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