[Fall 2026]
Lucie Rocher, Duologies
By Laurent Vernet
[EXCERPT]
In 2024, Lucie Rocher presented two solo exhibitions that flowed from a single artistic impetus. De part et d’autre, at Centre CLARK, in Montreal, then En places et lieux at DRAC, in Drummondville, were characterized as resonant photographic installations, inextricably connected in light of the many dialogues and mirror plays they shared. These exhibitions were produced over a long period, a commitment rooted in numerous overlapping spaces that have marked Rocher’s work: her studio, her home, the gallery, the building at 5445 avenue de Gaspé, in the Mile-End neighbourhood. In the shows, these places appeared as construction sites, her subject of predilection, as she pursued her interest in transformation processes (in art, urban planning, architecture) through images and apparatuses made of industrial materials such as lumber – platform, pillars, curtain, light box.
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Laurent Vernet is the director of the Galerie de l’Université de Montréal (UdeM). He has curated among others, exhibitions presenting artists’ research on architecture: the group show by Canadian artists Ouvrages (Occurrence, 2023); Granche/Atelier/Ville (UdeM, 2023), on the work of Pierre Granche (1948–97); and D’une place à une autre, around works by Alexandre David (UdeM, Galerie des arts visuels de l’Université Laval, Criterium, fall 2024).