Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
LandEscape meets
Marie Rioux
An interview by Katherine Williams , curator and Josh Ryder , curator landescape @ europe . com
Artist Marie Rioux ' s work unveils the ubiquitous channel of communication between the inner Self and the outside world to challenge the relationship between the viewers ' perceptual parameters and their cultural substratum to induce them to elaborate personal associations , offering them a multilayered aesthetic experience . Her paintings are rich of atmosphere and communicate spontaneity and emotion , to capture a new perspective on the world . One of the most impressive aspects of Rioux ' s inquiry into the notion of buauty is the way it accomplishes the difficult task of capturing the essence of nature , inviting us to partake her own inner landscape , urging the viewer to experience an increased awareness of way of seeing : we are very pleased to introduce our readers to her stimulating artistic production .
Hello Marie and welcome to LandEscape : before starting to elaborate about your artistic production would you like to tell us something about your background ? You have a solid background : you studied Visual Arts at the Sainte-Foy CEGEP and you degreed from School of Visual Arts , Université Laval , Quebec City . How do these experience influence your evolution as an artist ? And in particular , how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to art making and to the aesthetic problem in general ?
Let me begin by sincerely thanking you for your interest in my work and all your kind words since