Jean Lanthier : RETOURNÉDÉTOURNÉ

RETOURNÉDÉTOURNÉ, five cold pieces in counterpoint functions as both a single work and also 5 pieces related and yet maintaining their autonomy. The unity of the work lies in the discourse, a relationship which allows for multiple readings of this elegant and poetic installation. The interaction of photography, painting, architectural reference and sculptural objects serves Jean Lantier’s intentions of placing the individual within the physical space and then transporting them to imagined locations of time, text and memory, creating questions of such issues as the “phenomenon of the here and now recycling its own sources”. (Publisher's website)