Jean-René Leblanc: Presentification of Paradise
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Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library 4818 49 Street (lower level), Red Deer, Alberta T4N 1T9
Jean-René Leblanc, "Yellow MG," 2017
colour and digital infrared photograph
First Friday Red Deer Opening: November 3 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Jean-René will be in attendance. Refreshments will be served.
Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library are pleased to present, Presentification of Paradise: Digital Photographs by Jean-René Leblanc running from October 17 to November 19, 2017 in the Kiwanis Gallery.
This Calgary artist explores the conceptual use of digital infrared photography as a means of investigating new ways of looking at the world we live in. Shot on the Big Island of Hawaii, diptychs composed of images of abandoned vehicles are juxtaposed with pristine landscapes to attempt to address the paradoxes of beauty, capitalism and notions of paradise. Jean-René uses his work to explore the relationship between digital technology and culture as a means of exploring the concept of presentification (to make visible the invisible).