"Chaises connue, femme inconnue", 2003. Sculpted and painted wood. Photo Jacques Gratton
May 30 – July 5, 2009
Back in 15 minutes! by QUINZE
Arts Sutton Gallery is pleased to present the show Back in 15 minutes by Quinze, an artist who was born in Sherbrooke, grew up in Coaticook and has lived in the Gaspé since 1973. Quinze is proud to bear a number as a name. By choosing to take a number as his name, he feels that he regains some humanity, in opposition to the many situations where numbers are imposed on us without our consent.
A self-taught sculptor, Quinze creates funny, surprising and destabilizing theatre sketches. All of them wink at the audience and contain word plays, double meanings and tricks. Provocative, but always in a humorous vein, Quinze uses allegory, quotations, parody and every trick in the trade to get his thoughts across. He laughs at himself, at life, at death, at everything. “Without the ability to make fun of ourselves, laughter is clean, but boring,” he says!
Pictures taken at the Gallery.