Natur/Kultur

1984
PETER GNASS

This poster was part of the exhibition Mémoire de l’avenir (2021): an urban poster exhibition representing the works of established and emerging artists. 

This project was born from a desire to create connections between different generations of Quebec artists.

The exhibition, curated by Kama La Mackerel, was made up of 3 pairs, each comprising an emerging artist and an established artist. These encounters allow us to immerse ourselves in Quebec art, in our everyday lives, and to reflect on the progression of certain themes in today's artistic imagination.             

From November to December 2021, these posters were exhibited in the streets of Montréal · Tiohtià:ke on Publicité Sauvage’s palisad

Peter Gnass has been exploring progression throughout his career through sculpture, drawing and installations. Peter Gnass' work presented in the context of the Mémoire de l’avenir exhibition is Natur/Kultur (1984) which is composed of a photograph of a tree damaged by an ice storm whose branches are falling to the ground. In this photograph, the artist transposes the structure of a warplane that falls to the ground and is about to crash. Gnass thus evokes destruction through nature and through culture, especially the culture of war, which is very present in the life and artistic practice of the artist, who is himself a child of the Second World War.

Poster dimensions: 24 × 36”. Paper: matte, 189 g/m², acid-free.
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