Redress?
Can we heal our wounds? And to do so, must we relegate them to oblivion or consign them to a form of liberating reconciliation? In recent years at the political level, we have seen the (…)
Emotions and Visual Arts
Art as a fictional presence has always encouraged the expression of artistic emotions. Whether it is through theatre, fiction writing, music, painting, sculpture, photography, film or video, human beings as (…)
Sculpture in the Digital Age
For many, the word “digital” is not always conceptually clear. Used both as an adjective and a noun, its definition is, at times, vague. There is no question, however, that over the course of the past few decades (…)
Motionless Bodies in a World on the Go
The theme Faire Statue (Statue Play) is the special topic for this collection of essays that inaugurates the 30th anniversary of ESPACE art actuel magazine. Co-directed by Mélanie Boucher, a member (…)
Face Politics
Our relationship to the face, this frontal part of the head that is linked to what is most intimate in the human being, often serves to inspire various interventions of an aesthetic or political order. Does the face (…)
Fetishes: When the Object Becomes Thing
In recent years, many visual art exhibitions have given a prominent place to objects.i Not those that—due to their status or showcasing—are recognized in the art world and already have an inherent
Art, Memory and Truth
The theme of this issue of ESPACE art actuel is “Monuments/Counter-Monuments.” The monument is not a new concept; the notion emerged with the awareness of history. With its roots in the Latin (…)
Migrations, Borders and… Creation
At the mention of human migration, we think immediately of people across the globe who are obliged to leave their native countries in search of safer territory. The reasons for these forced migrations may be (…)
Ecology: Between Ethics and Aesthetics
At the start of this 21st century, the issues that ecology raises unfold on a true battleground. The supposition that made André Malraux herald this century as irreligious seems hardly credible when the decisions (…)
The Diorama: Fascinating, Provocative and Educational
With issue 109, ESPACE, the new generation, completes its first lap around the track. While the first two issues focused on Re-Thinking Sculpture?, this third issue features the diorama, as put forward (…)
Renewing Sculpture’s Possibilities
This second part of the Re-Thinking Sculpture special feature continues the reflection we began in issue 107 on current developments in sculpture, particularly among young artists. In the spring-summer (…)
New Espace, New Perspectives
With issue 107, ESPACE begins a new cycle. While staying true to its former objective as a contemporary art magazine focussed on sculpture, ESPACE now turns to the future. Thus, as noted by Serge Fisette (…)