Claude Simard

Abstract

Godmer’s analysis of Simard’s works produced between 1991-98 focuses on the paradoxical relationship between content (the artist’s childhood/adolescence in rural Quebec) and context (Simard now lives and works in New York). Godmer also discusses the artist’s craft-like forms and minimalist style. Issues of identity, politics and religion are considered, as well as the spectator’s physical interaction with the work. Text in French and English. List of works. Bio-bibliography 2 p