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Current Exhibition
As part of its Support for the Arts Community Program, Cirque du Soleil offers up-and-coming artists the opportunity to exhibit their work at its Montreal International Headquarters and at its Resident Show Division offices in Las Vegas. In addition to offering its employees the chance to discover new talents and to contributing to a creative workplace, Cirque du Soleil thus provides these artists with an interesting showcase.
Sébastien Gaudette
Self-taught artist Sébastien Gaudette draws inspiration from the circus to create a unique world brimming with magic and mystery. In these scenes, bright
and dark colours alternate to produce high contrast and lend a dramatic tone to the clownish, eccentric and whimsical themes explored by this young artist.
Everything is in the expression of his subjects. One must go beyond the veneer of staging; the masks come off, and the characters reveal a circus in the
grips of disenchantment.
Through the use of texture and radiant colour, the artist opens a window onto a world in which mystery and intrigue are omnipresent.
Gaudette transports the viewer into his imagination, which is inhabited by charming, comical characters entangled in the secrets of dreams and reality.
To find out more:
http://sebastiengaudette.blogspot.com/ and
http://www.galeriemx.com/artists/Sebastien-Gaudette (French only)