Roger Proulx in Matapédia (2012)

Roger Proulx lives and works in Montreal. His practice is focused almost exclusively on photography.

EXHIBIT: COUR ARRIÈRE (BACKYARD)

Saint-Laurent-de-Matapédia Church | 1, rue du Carillon | View map

He creates open-ended accounts by pruning narrative possibilities as much as possible, willingly allowing there to be doubt about the unfolding of a story – a way of questioning narrative capabilities and functions. In permitting doubt to hover as much as possible over the rootedness of the story, Roger Proulx gives us nothing but a hint (often invisible) of what that recording of ephemeral acts has been or will be. His works offer us spaces more elliptical than linear, thereby leaving the subject awaiting decisions and answers to our questions.

EXHIBIT AT THE RENCONTRES: COUR ARRIÈRE (BACKYARD)

Roger Proulx has always been intrigued by the dichotomous beauty of the landscapes in the Gaspé – that encounter between the majesty of nature and the incoherent integration on the part of man and his constructions. With this new project, the photographer seeks to awaken reflection on the isolation of man within these lands as well as his many relationships with his environment. To be able to do that, he used the normal mechanics linked to his work: the situation scenario in which the man performs within a landscape.

Significant recent solo exhibits

2010

“Milieu Naturel” (Natural Environment), Galerie l’Espace F, Matane, Québec

2008

“Empreinte” (Print), as part of Mois de la photo, Espace Hortense, Saint-Camille, Québec

2007

“Empreinte,” Galerie SAS, Montreal, Québec

Significant recent group exhibits

2010

“Proof 17,” Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario

2008

“Bienvenue” (Welcome), Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montreal, Québec

2006

“Mouvements Focalisés” (Focused Movements), Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, Montreal, Québec

Collection

Permanent collection of Cirque du Soleil