Eve M Laliberté
- ab-lambert
- May 26, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 24
My practice is varied in fabrication methods, with a strong tendency towards casting and assembling molded pieces. It focuses on the exploration and creation of utilitarian and decorative objects. It is also articulated in teaching, which gives me the opportunity to share and exchange knowledge and to take a fresh look at the practice of ceramics.
In 2023, I took part in a group exhibition at the Musée du Haut-Richelieu entitled “La danse du geste”. I was a finalist in the Francois-Houdé 2023 exhibition, and this year my work can be seen at the MRC Papineau cultural center in an exhibition entitled “Céramique : faire de l'art” (curated by Koen De Winter). This first sculpture allows me to approach a facet of creation that links my multiple questionings and experiences. I explore notions of roots, and the fundamental need to belong to a group, in a tribute to the environment, more specifically the forest, which nourishes and envelops, allows us to refocus and provides a profound sense of calm despite, or thanks to, a harmonious incessant movement and a series of cycles inscribed in time.
My artistic identity is expressed in roundness, color and graphic codes derived from my training as a graphic designer and the practice of this profession for 20 years.
The medium of ceramics continues to link my contradictions: rigor and casualness, order and chaos, impulsiveness and reflection. I'm a gregarious person who loves solitude; the practice of ceramics nourishes both.
The search for an object's utility is juxtaposed with the search for aestheticism, the perfect curve and the object's harmonious relationship to its environment. I cherish the rigor and contemplation required to make a mold and the precision it brings to the multiplication of a piece. I love the freedom of accidents revealed by splashes of underglaze superimposed along the path of my brush. Shaping and turning allow me to leave the imprint of my gesture in the material, turning it into perfect imperfections.
I'm inspired by Japanese watercolors, art nouveau and the forest. Industrial design and architecture influence my choice of shapes. The circle decorating my pieces is a form of visual mise en abime; raw material transpires in a clean space, through the chaos of organic decoration on a defined form... and this circle gives me the freedom to multiply visual explorations by providing an anchor and familiarity from one collection to the next.
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