art delivery : 02.23.24

Ooooh, so rich, so layered, so BIG. I wish I could get a close-up look at this work by Vancouver Island based artist Sara Robichaud… is that lace?!

Robichaud’s work is rooted in formalist painting, engaging the viewer in an inquiry between the atmospheric and lyrical qualities of the form and the hard physicality of their material. Her process includes: staining, layering from chalky opaque paints to transparent saturated colours, taping / scraping viscous layers of heavy gel and using lace as a stencil. Enmeshed with personal life experiences, Sara explores generational feminine themes using an alluring and original visual language.

Ah, there we go… stencils! Sara’s work can be found through Gallery Jones (Vancouver), and Herringer Kiss Gallery (Calgary). You can follow her on Instagram at @sara_robichaud_artist.

Another Canadian to finish out the week! Art21’s “Shreds of Memory” is a very lovely 5 minute peek into the world of New York based, Toronto born artist Tau Lewis:

“… Patching together the many fabrics collected in her studio, Lewis embraces the histories embedded in the materials she works with.  “A lot of black creation is an upcycling” she says, “regardless of a lack thereof, regardless of an access to. Taking things as they are and letting them shine”. For the artist, the time spent in the studio touching and handling the material is integral to the work, an act of departure into her own interior world…”

I was lucky enough to see some of her breathtaking, large-scale “masks” at the Venice Biennale in 2022. They stop you in your tracks, and then hold you there for ages… truly mesmerizing. You can watch the video right here, and you’ll find Tau on Instagram at @taulewis.

Happy Friday ~ Danielle