NIKA FONTAINE feat. in CANADIAN ART!!
10 Artists Who Disrupt the Status Qou
„who question, challenge and subvert exected or established frameworks“
“Spirituality is at the core of my practice,” Fontaine says, “but decoration and kitsch
are other important aspects. I want to use these to create something over the top.”
Fontaine’s paintings negotiate the influence of her great-uncle, Plasticiens painter
Jean-Paul Jérôme: “I was always surrounded by his paintings as a child. They are
very beautiful, well-composed and classical Modernist works—but they made me
want to create something more active and challenging to viewers, something aggressive.
I love playing on the edge of good and bad taste.” – Sam Cotter
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