About
My latest work called ‘’The Black Series’’, is a glimpse of the human and environmental turmoil in the world today.
I explore the powerful creative and destructive forces at large, the dualities that govern mankind, life on Earth, as well as who or what is liable for the onset of universal chaos and the current global economic shocks. I look deep into the dark beast that drives mankind to live in the often unpredictable and volatile shadows where his future in this increasingly hostile environment is compromised.
“We’re all in a race; a battle between two forces: degradation and restoration. Who will win? We don’t know.” (Hubert Reeves, Astrophysicist)
‘’The Black Series’’ is a trilogy where the works of art are grouped into the following components: ‘’Organic’’, ‘’Shadows’’, and ‘’Pop Tart’’.
During my creative process, it is important for me to apply the concept of “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle/Artcycle”. As such, Black Series was created using recycled fashion magazines and/or other day to day recyclables not only to create art but in the hopes of encouraging viewers to ask themselves questions about the environment and their day to day consuming habits.
I use black paint because I’m fascinated by the shade’s depth, richness, and everything it can evoke.
Black is at once the sum and the absence of all colors. The perfect paradox.
Black, so that my art may symbolically express an annihilation of all that could have been, all that we may have consumed, and the end of the world as it is.
Ann Smart, Artist
Ann Smart artist
Biography
Ann Smart, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec (Canada) in 1966 took a first painting class in Mont St-Hilaire in 1980. She moved to Montreal in 1984 to pursue her desire to become a painter. She then started a course in Visual Arts at the St-Laurent College in Montreal, (Q.C.)
In 1987, she enrolled in Visual Arts at the Quebec University in Montreal | UQAM. The following year is a turning point in the artist's life as she decides to devote all her time to her personnal work.
Her paintings have since been shown in more than thirty exhibitions in the province of Quebec, either Individually, Collectively or as part of Art Events.
Among others we can cite: Galerie D (Montreal): ''ArtSida 6'' Event in 2015, Galerie MX, ''Trash Pink'' Event in 2012. Solo Exhibition ''La Vague'', Galerie D (Montreal) in 2011. The Elgar Center on Nun's Island (Montreal) in 2009 and 1991. Le Gesù Centre de Créativité, Solo Exhibitions ''Oneiros'' in 1996 and ''Praesentia'' in 1993, The World Trade Center Montréal in 1998, The Ville-Marie (Québec) Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature in 2008, 1998 and 1996, The Sun Life Building (Montreal) in 1994 and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec | MNBAQ ''Biennale Découverte'' in 1991.
In 1995, Ann Smart is honoured with the Public's 1st prize at the Gesù Centre de Créativité exhibition/contest "Le Maître" and receives the Hydro-Québec Grant.
Ann Smart's work continues to spark the interest of an ever-growing public, always excited to discover her new creations.
Many of her artworks are now privately owned by numerous Collectors in Quebec, Canada, U.S.A. France and Germany, and have been published in various Art Repertoires, Catalogs and magazines such as Clair Obscur Magazine: '' ANN SMART : ART ET CONSCIENCE'' (january 20th 2018), "Opale Magazine" (august 2009), the "Oneiros" Solo Exhibition Catalog (1996) and the "Répertoire Biennale Découverte '91 of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec | MNBAQ
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