David Elliott
7th Heaven
February 1st to March 14, 2020
Galerie Nicolas Robert is pleased to present the exhibition 7th Heaven by David Elliott, from February 1st to March 14, 2020. Elliott offers in this new exhibition a series of small dioramas anchored in the tradition of cabinet of curiosities and shadow theater. One of the principal Canadian artists associated with the late 1970s/early 1980s return to figuration, Elliott is perhaps best known for his large, often monumental oil paintings on canvas, which are included in the collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. More recently, the artist has re-oriented his practice towards the making of the small collage boxes, that once served as maquette studies for his paintings. Intimate, often sentimental, with a touch of dark humor, they have the appearance of vignettes from a stage or film production. Their diminutive scale belies their emotional and psychological power.
