Artists: Ani Gurashvili, Jacopo Pagin, Anjuli Rathod, and Dominique Sirois
Exhibition title: Your mind is a mirror
Venue: Pangée, Montreal, Canada
Date: March 25 – May 13, 2023
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror
I do not sleep.
Traces and fragments float in my consciousness.
Past, present, future – could it be the same?
Under the thin layer of my eyelids
unbeknownst to all
I follow these bows and curves of time.
All those sensations, emotions, desires
Dreamed, seen, imagined, felt
Pool into the mirror that is conscience.
I am a leaf.
Quivering, honest, uncertain.
I float outside, but also inside – could it be the same?
If I’m careful enough
I can hear the sound of my lungs
my heart
and see glimmers outlining a moon through my eyelids.
I wake up, and out I go again…
I do not sleep.
~
In Your mind is a mirror, the practices of Ani Gurashvili, Jacopo Pagin, Anjuli Rathod, and Dominique Sirois open up to an array of influences ranging from historical and cultural myths to personal narratives and inquiries, into a symbolic imagery that is mysteriously familiar. Chaotic and complex, those embodied memories, layered temporalities, and mental images unfold in the artists’ mind, turning to creation to make visible what is not visible enough. New images are born from within and become living carriers of possibility.
Text by Michelle Bui
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Ani Gurashvili, Dusty Lesser Purple Emperor, 2023, Oil on canvas, 23 ½” × 25 ½”
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Dominique Sirois, Esprit du bleu, 2023, Glazed stoneware, 8″ × 21 ½” × 1″
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Dominique Sirois, Tiamat, 2023, Glazed stoneware, 12 ½” × 10″ × 1″
Dominique Sirois, La Mère, 2023, Glazed stoneware, 12″ × 9″ × 1″
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Anjuli Rathod, Knitting, 2023, watercolor, acrylic, and flashe on canvas, 20″ × 16″
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Anjuli Rathod, Transfusion, 2022, watercolor, acrylic, and flashe on canvas, 38″ × 46″
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Ani Gurashvili, The Onyx Curtain, 2022, Oil on canvas, 18″ × 19 ½”
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Dominique Sirois, Figure du nomadisme 3, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 17″ × 9 ½” × 4 ½”
Dominique Sirois, Figure du nomadisme 3, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 17″ × 9 ½” × 4 ½”
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Jacopo Pagin, Duran Duran Duran, 2022, Oil on sand on canvas, 52″ × 40″
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Dominique Sirois, Palette mentale 1, 2023, Glazed stoneware, 11″ × 11 ½” × 0.3″
Your mind is a mirror, 2023, exhibition view, Pangée, Montreal
Anjuli Rathod, Severed Head, 2023, watercolor, acrylic, and flashe on canvas, 46″ × 30″