ARTS, CULTURE AND CIRCUS
Current Exhibition
As part of its Cultural Action programs, Cirque du Soleil offers 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.
Matthew Couper
Matthew Couper was born in New Zealand and immigrated to the USA in 2010. His practice over the past decade has appropriated western Art History periods such as the Trecento, Quattrocento and the Baroque. Through these painterly investigations, he discovered that history oft’ repeats and helped him determine that the Modernist notions of originality held little interest for his practice. Couper uses the established narrative traditions of Spanish Colonial / Mexican retablos and ex-votos to discuss the space between myth, religion and art politics. He recently stated that 'like any good Johnny Cash, Nick Cave or Pixies song, you've got to have sex, death and religion fueling the fire' - ShareMag, Portugal, (Spring edition, 2011)
http://www.mattcouper.com