For this exhibition, they have juxtaposed their JE (French translation of the I pronoun) into the word JEUX (plays), creating a play on words. Through this, they question their individual processes within a common reflection of society and childhood. With tongue in cheek, they have developed their individual artistic languages which entice us to question ourselves and at moments shock us, afterwards.

Barbara Renault, a Martinique expatriate that studied design, hopes to pursue her artistic research with other media. Nomadic, she likes to observe the quirks of our societies and nourishes herself from her surroundings. After dealing with the ideals of the past and her own reality, she processes her emotions into glass. Working with the pâte de verre and painting on glass techniques, she creates installations with found objects and furniture.

Laurie Simard-Breton has always created through play, because she loves playing with the material. In her work, she contemplates about childhood, memories and the emotions that form an adult. Through art, she wants to communicate with nature through her animal and organic representations. Pâte de verre is the technique that she has chosen to make her sculptures, of which she prefers to give utilitarian function.
We invite you come witness two differing temperaments united by the exhibition's theme of play, while admiring the achievements of three years of studies and the launch of outstanding careers.
 
Espace VERRE is a glass art creation and exhibition centre located at 1200 Mill Street in Montreal. The gallery is open from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as the last Sunday of every month, from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free of charge.

Espace VERRE
Centre des métiers du verre du Québec Inc.
la galerie Espace Verre
1200, rue Mill
Montreal, QC H3K 2B3
+1 (514) 933-6849
administration@espaceverre.qc.ca
http://www.espaceverre.qc.ca