{"id":4260,"date":"2016-04-27T14:26:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2016-04-27T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T14:30:01","slug":"five-minutes-with-laurence-vallieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/five-minutes-with-laurence-vallieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Minutes with Laurence Vallieres"},"content":{"rendered":"
At the Art on Paper Fair<\/a>\u00a0last month, the AZ team\u00a0paused\u00a0in the middle of the room to watch\u00a0Laurence Vallieres<\/a> build a giant monkey sculpture from cardboard materials. We watched her for ages, along with many bystanders, fascinated by\u00a0her fluid motion layering strips of cardboard\u00a0on top of each other, creating an adorable work of art for us to enjoy!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vallieres always felt a strong urge to create and communicate her observations. \u00a0She is inspired by\u00a0Art Spiegelman, George Orwell, William Kentridge, working with animal imagery, and aesthetic techniques that have been recycled many times through history like anthropomorphic fables or political cartoons.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vallieres\u00a0studied art in Montreal, Qu\u00e9bec City, and California and became well versed in many mediums like\u00a0photography, painting, ceramics, metal and drawing.\u00a0In terms of artistic process, drawing is the basis of her work – all ideas start with a sketch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Art Zealous borrowed five minutes with Vallieres to chat sculptures, influence, & creating.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Art Zealous<\/strong>:\u00a0Astrological sign? <\/p>\n AZ:<\/strong>\u00a0Current wallpaper on your phone? <\/p>\n AZ:<\/strong>\u00a0Currently reading?<\/p>\n LV:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0“How to Think Like a Freak.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AZ:<\/strong>\u00a0I watched you build\u00a0a sculpture at the Art on Paper fair which was fascinating to watch. What’s the experience like creating live vs. creating in your studio?<\/p>\n LV<\/strong>:\u00a0Creating live is very hard. It’s really just for the show because it takes me much longer to make something when everyone talks to me all the time. It’s not really creating, it’s more like performing.<\/p>\n
\nLaurence Vallieres:<\/strong>\u00a0Gemini.<\/p>\n
\nLV:\u00a0It’s the photo of Matuba, the gorilla taken at the Philadelphia zoo. I worked along side Matuba for nearly two weeks while building a sculpture. We got use to each other.<\/p>\n