Collective Exhibit
at Carleton-sur-Mer
EXHIBIT
Scent of innocence: naïve art in photography
Quai des arts (outside) | 774 Boulevard Perron | Carleton-sur-Mer (Carleton sector)
From July 10 to September 30, 2016
Exhibit curator: Maryse Goudreau, Escuminac (the Gaspé) | cargocollective.com/marysegoudreau
Organizer: Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague | Carleton-sur-Mer (The Gaspé) | vasteetvague.ca
Scent of innocence: naïve art in photography is an exhibition by artist members of the Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague carried out in collaboration with Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie.
Further to a call for submissions that was open exclusively to members of Vaste et Vague, the following 13 visual artists were selected to participate in this collective project of reflection on folk art and naïve art: Jason Arsenault, Annie Brunette, Robert Dubé, Fernande Forest, Emmanuel Galland, Yves Gonthier, Rae Lavande Pellerin, Albert Picard, Martin Roy, Dory’s Tremblay, Christopher Varady-Szabo, Lukas Varady-Szabo and Steve Veilleux.
EXIBIT AT RENCONTRES
Scent of innocence: naïve art in photography
Scent of innocence: naïve art in photography is an exercise that attempts to formulate a theory on the basis of the following question: is it possible, at a time when everyone has a camera, to speak of a naïve or folk photography? Artist Maryse Goudreau invited the members of the Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague to try to show how the tradition of naive art could translate into the medium of photography. Those members consequently focused on photography as a naïve medium, offering a panorama in the image of a bazaar.