Gigi Perron

Gigi Perron always speaks of the same characters. Fictive people, they are the imaginary and unique subjects of her paintings. Seated, standing, lying, alone or not, obsessive, they occupy the near totality of her canvasses. Boys, girls, hands, feet, eyes, noses, all of these elements invade or crowd the surface of her paintings to the extent that they often appear to have been compressed into it. The backgrounds of her paintings are secondary. Scanty, they leave very little room for decor, perspective or attributes.

Car c’est l’été, 1996
Oil on canvas
48" x 48"
credits: Guy L’Heureux

Though the appearance of her subjects is developed, somewhat in the midst of becoming more human and less caricatural, their expressions are identical: sad, broken, amorphous, tottering from boredom.

Through her technique, which exudes more and more confidence, Gigi Perron affirms her style by focusing on details, underlining imperfections, flaws, and bad habits, while at the same time valorizing her characters and rendering them sacred. Livid, her subjects are lighted in a way which echoes the avant garde icons, prisoners of a closed universe: mysterious, they remain misunderstood and without faith.

Caroline ANDRIEUX

La Piscine,1996
Oil on canvas
45" x 65"
credits: Guy L’Heureux

Gigi Perron was born in Montreal in 1960 where she lives and works.

Solo exhibitions
1996		Quartier Éphémère, Montréal
1991		Galerie Clark, Montréal
1989		L’Embuscade, Trois Rivières
1988		Les Écuries de la Vennerie, Bruxelles
1987		Espace Go, Montréal
Group exhibitions
1997		Hôpital Éphémère, Paris
1995		Galerie Clark, Montréal
1994		État des Lieux, Quartier Éphémère, Montréal Galerie Clark, Montréal
1992		L’œil de Poisson, Québec
1991		Galerie Duo, Baie Saint Paul
1990		Usines Liberté, Candiac