Mirror, mirror, 2010
chromogenic print, 20" x 20"
courtesy the artist
estimate $800 framed
As a multidisciplinary artist attempting to identify and examine manifestations of the “feminine” and the “romantic” within the genre of autofiction, Maryse Larivière's practice engages in a critical discourse about intimacy, identity and alterity. She uses appropriation as a strategy to create her own mythology from a variety of sources and different eras, all borrowed, diverted, rehabilitated and artistically replayed. She interrogates the traditional role and place of femininity, love, emotions, as well as the place of artistic creation. Her practice is guided by the arguments of feminism, a heavy interest in psychoanalysis and modernity, as well as a general historical reinvestment.
Larivière's work was presented at artist-run centres SKOL and Clark in Montréal. Grant-holder from the Art Council of Quebec, she was awarded the prestigious Villa Arson residency in Nice, France, in 2005. More recently, she participated in Reverse Pedagogy II, coinciding with the 53rd Biennale de Venise in 2009, as well as she sojourned at the Model in Sligo, Ireland, and Cité des Arts in Paris in 2010. As Pavilion Projects co-founder, she has initiated projects such as the Off-Biennial of Montreal, and the MTL ART MAP. She is currently a MFA candidate at the University of Guelph.
