Pierre Durette

Pierre Durette’s paintings are the result of ongoing research, both historical and art historical. With an interest in Bruegel the Elder, Byzantine art and stories of conquest and war, his works, have a catastrophic element to them: the canvas or blank paper take on the role of an unknown place under siege. White backgrounds create an empty pictorial space allowing the artist to focus on the narrative of his characters.

“Between the grotesque detail and the poetry of the ages, and where these two meet, I present a revision of linear time in a rigorous mix of centuries, cultures, and traditions.” Durette’s canvases incorporate faraway, aerial view and a conscious staging of characters, with meticulous attention to detail. Pierre Durette lives and works in Montreal, where he completed a BFA at the University of Quebec at Montreal.

Minot - Gormezano

For over 25 years, Minot and Gormezano have been exploring gorges, mountain streams, cliff paths, lakeshores and plateaux, forging links between the roads of reality and the thoroughfares of the imagination. It has been a long, lonely walk where the vagaries of life have led them, stopping here and there to dream in places where photography and physical experience can reveal an enigmatic presence as transient as a shadow, a vibrant reflection at the heart of the world, setting in motion a silent, shimmering dance of substance and light. Premeditated or no, the images of this shared exploration remain unpredictable; they make up a unique body of work.







The photographers' acquaintance with philosopher Robert Misrahi has underlined the freedom of their approach: using images to reflect upon the dawn of existence, when the presence of the self is revealed in the world's eye.

Shoji Ueda

Shoji Ueda's name is often associated with meticulously staged pictures taken against a backdrop of sand dunes. He involved family members in these images, also appearing in them himself. The charm and originality of his compositions are more or less unique in the history of photography.

Ueda's work exists on the margins of documentary photography, informed by visual components garnered from within a small area in his native region of Tottori, a place which to all intents and purposes he never left. He perfected his staging technique, integrating all sorts of motifs into his work. Ueda's photography also reflects his curiosity and playfulness: his pictures are suffused with both poetry and humor.