About the Exhibit - Postcards from the Edge
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance’s third solo exhibit at Rachel Uffner Gallery, Postcards from the Edge, was on view January 10 – March 3, 2019.
Bourque-LaFrance’s home in the Hudson River Valley, built in the 1920s, was the inspiration for this exhibit.
“The definitive character of the interior, including scratched wooden floors and walls speckled and bruised by layers of peeling wallpaper and plaster, has inspired the artist’s layered and labored touch.” (source)
The works in the show are more collage-like than traditional paintings, but their subject matter is classic, portraying landscapes or the seashore.
“Materials and images embedded in the works originate from an array of sources—collected books, found fabrics, studio debris—and act as keys, guides, clues, and footnotes of the artist’s process and research.” (source)
About the Artist - Strauss Bourque-LaFrance
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance earned his BA from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA; and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME.
“In his installations, Strauss Bourque-LaFrance fuses everyday materials into beguiling formal compositions and precarious arrangements that playfully subvert mundane interiors and position domesticity as a mise-en-scene for role-play and disjointed narrative.” (source)
Bourque-LaFrance lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
