Roland Gatin: New Works

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Roland Gatin, "Canoe VI," 2019

soapstone, pyrophillite, 22" x 3.5" x 4"

Madrona Gallery is pleased to present three new soapstone pyrophillite, sculptures from Victoria artist Roland Gatin.  Gatin's sculptures are made up of hundreds of stones, cut and sculpted to look like one fluid stone. Gatin's careful composition and exquisite attention to detail elicit a sense of fascination and awe within his works.

Gatin draws inspiration from a range of influences, from ancient architecture to modern masters. This conglomeration of stimuli finds a parallel in the multistone medium.

Gatin explains, "We are not merely our outward shapes nor our professed declarations; we are also those individual elements, interchangeable structures, underlying assumptions, and imaginable continuations/extensions that may not be readily perceptible, but are nevertheless integrally essential to who and what we are."

Gatin was raised on the Prairies but now calls Victoria BC his home. He works primarily with stones such as soapstone and pyrophyllite, which consists of a built-up mass of individual pieces of stone which are sculpted as a single block. Each sculpture can incorporate hundreds or even thousands of individual pieces of stone.