Hands that collect, manipulate, display, assemble, hold: so many evocations of the gestures that permitted this vast project to take form. In the course of her research, Amélie Proulx meticulously selected, ground, crushed or pulverized hundreds of rocks and minerals in order to integrate them into her porcelain and explore the possibilities of firing them. The colours, textures and shapes that resulted then allowed her to enrich the already profoundly material experience of ceramics, making Nature at once the subject and object of her work.
– Anne-Sophie Blanchet, art historian
Les horizons marqueurs, 2022-2023, porcelain, glaze, fired rocks and minerals, series of 50 hands approximately 8 x 8 x 8 inches each
Photo credit : Guy L’Heureux
Photo credit : Chiguer Art Contemporain