Biography | Artistic Approach
François Arès, born in 1979, is originally from Alberta. He lives and works in Montreal. François Arès questions our relationship to time and space around us. He plays with our perception of certain objects whose use, shapes and materials are familiar to us.
In his "Definition" series, he juxtaposes layers of black dots or dots of pure colours on overlapping plexiglass sheets to obtain an optical effect that changes depending on the viewer’s perspective. The silhouettes he super-imposes, print a fleeting instant, cells frozen in time, awaiting the viewer's gaze to be read. The systematized mechanical aspect of his technique is broken by the imperfection of the gesture, that of his hand which, when he sets the point on the surface, accepts the pictorial accident. The particularity of his work lies in his desire to use the spectator as an additional layer. Each creation maintains a unique link with the viewer through his memories, emotions and history.