Andréanne Godin
I swear, I could not reconcile the presence of you
September 11 to October 10, 2020
Galerie Nicolas Robert is pleased to present Andréanne Godin’s third exhibition I swear, I could not reconcile the presence of you. With a body of work halfway between drawing, assemblage and sculpture, the artist guides us in strange dialogues between raw objects and painted spaces. Taking the forest as a place where it is possible to find calm; this exhibition offers a journey through individual and collective turmoil.
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I remember the surprise flooding my whole body, the sudden shift, the chilling murmur of the wind both light and heavy on my skin.
Crows cawing at my window woke me again this morning. I laid still in bed, my eyes wide open, only to see the moving shadows casted onto the drawn curtains. I swear, I could not reconcile the presence of you… neither your absence might I say. I tried to hold you up, I tried to mimic each of your movements, I tried to lay with you, on you, in you.
I tried to fix all that was broken but I am all that is left.
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As a kid, Andréanne Godin (1984) used to roam the trails of the Boreal forest at the end of her street. Originally from Val-d’Or (QC), she currently lives and works in Montreal. In 2013 she completed a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University and was awarded, later that year, the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s Charles Pachter Prize for Emerging Artists, nominated by curator Nicole Gingras. Godin recently took part in several residency programs in Canada and abroad. She has occupied both Quebec studios in Finland and Switzerland in 2019 and 2017 respectively. Over the summer of 2016 she was the first Quebec artist to be hosted by the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut (USA). Both federal and provincial art councils have supported her work since 2012. Over the past decade, Godin’s work has been presented nationally and internationally in Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, United States, Cuba, and France.
