DYSNYSTAXY A Condition of Half Sleep

DYSNYSTAXY

A Condition of Half Sleep

From October 9th to November 3rd, 2024

Artist : Pierre-Yves Girard

Curator : Sidonie Gaulin

Projet Casa has the great pleasure of inviting you to Pierre-Yves Girard’s solo exhibition.

The works in DYSNYSTAXY – A Condition of Half Sleep are faithful to Pierre-Yves Girard’s creative process as, with each canvas, he renews his relationship with oil paint, his medium of choice. Attentive to the textures and colors that oil can produce, Girard creates paintings that are alive and inhabited, echoing the forms found in nature, bestowing the medium with its own agency. Working at the intersection of abstraction and figuration, he invites viewers to interpret his paintings freely, as different images reveal themselves to each individual. Presenting his work both at Projet Casa and at Galerie Yves Louis-Seize in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, the artist sees this exhibition as an expression of the joy of creation, which he hopes will never diminish.  

Pierre-Yves Girard 

Born in Chicoutimi in 1982, Pierre-Yves Girard is a Montréal artist who now lives and works between Montréal and Métabetchouan, in the heart of the boreal forest surrounding St-Jean Lake. He is a 2019 recipient of a creation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. He has been a member of the Centre Clark since 2006 and was represented by Galerie D’Este from 2012 to 2020. He has participated in benefit auctions including those of the Centre Clark, B-312, Plein Sud and Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides. His work has been presented at several contemporary art fairs in Montréal, Toronto and New York, as well as in a number of Maisons de la Culture in Montréal.  His pieces can also be found in the collections of Loto-Québec and the National Bank. 

Sidonie Gaulin

Since 2021, Sidonie Gaulin has been producing the feminist podcast Les Impostures, which explores contemporary creation by highlighting a diverse range of artistic practices. She has just received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to script her first sound documentary project, about the independent music scene in Montréal. She is also working toward a master’s in art history at Concordia University, where she is researching the relationship between voice, power and gender identity in the artistic community. DYSNYSTAXY – A Condition of Half Sleep is her first curatorial venture.

Projet Casa
4351 avenue de l’Esplanade 

Thursday and Friday : noon to 7 PM

Saturday and Sunday : noon to 5 PM

The opening event is Wednesday October 9 from 5 PM to 8 PM

Date and Time

Wednesday, Oct 9 , 5 p.m. to Sunday, Nov 3 , 5 p.m.

Location