Presentation of the work:

White Swan, 1968,
Assemblage of colored cardboard (framed)
Silkscreen and mixed media. Edition: 28/35, 46.4 x 53.7 cm
Estimated value $4,000

Presentation of the artist:

Note: The biography is taken from the artist’s website.

Pierre Ayot was born in Montreal in 1943. He graduated from the École des beaux-arts in Montreal, where he taught as early as 1964, later continuing his teaching career at the Université du Québec à Montréal until 1995. In 1966 he founded “l’Atelier Libre 848”, a collective workshop known as Atelier Graff, and was also one of the founding member of the group “Média, gravures et multiples”. Though initially focused on printmaking, his production soon exploded towards sculpture, painting and photography, as well as audio and visual installation. His works, showcased in over thirty solo exhibitions between 1965 and 2016, are now part of most major public and corporate art collections in Canada, as well as a number of foreign collections like the New York Museum of Modern Art’s, and the London Tate Modern’s. Over the years, several major exhibitions featured his work, such as Pierre Ayot et son Museum Circus at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in 1992, and Pierre Ayot hors-cadre(s) a rétrospective présented at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2001, to name only a few. In the fall of 2016, Pierre Ayot – Regard critique, along with several other exhibitions brought to life the whole of the artist’s career. He passed away on May 2nd 1995, and the Prix Pierre-Ayot, created in his memory by the City of Montreal and AGAC, is awarded each year to an emerging artist.

https://www.pierreayot.com/

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