Name/Title
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2016.04.01Description
Etienne Zack (b. 1976, Montreal, Quebec) paints based on reading and taking notes without the use of visual source material. His approach is based on the way that history is manipulated and eventually "worked out."
Zack's more recent works concern themselves with the relationship between information and the institutions that maintain this knowledge. The artists paint dream-like structures made of books, redacted documents, and text, often depicting light bulbs within them. His artworks serve as metaphors for the sources of power that control the flow of information. Zack sees these imagined spaces as prisons built by those who have manufactured knowledge and meaning throughout history. The landscape is shown as full yet incomplete, chaotic yet intentional. The redactions and edits make it clear that no matter how well organized our knowledge is, it is imperfect and restrictive at best.
Zack’s work can be found in institutions and museums including the National Gallery of Canada, Art Bank of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Montreal Fine Arts Museum, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, National Fine Arts Museum of Quebec, Surrey Art Gallery, Glenbow Museum, City of Montréal, Zabludowicz Collection (London, England) and The Model Museum (Sligo, Ireland). His work can also be found in numerous corporate and private collections in the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Hong Kong, Ireland, England and Canada.
https://www.etiennezack.com/Artwork Details
Medium
acrylic and oil on watercolour paper