Mathieu Léger

Sur un plateau d’argent / On a Silver Platter 

Presented by Galerie Sans Nom

Haviland Club

Thursday, September 21, 2017 and Friday September 22, 2017 - 7pm - 10:30pm

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Galerie​ ​Sans​ ​Nom​ ​presents​ ​a​ ​dinner-exhibition-discussion​ ​project​ ​centered​ ​on​ ​a​ ​body​ ​of​ ​work by​ ​Acadian​ ​artist​ ​Mathieu​ ​Léger​ ​entitled​ ​​”Sur​ ​un​ ​plateau​ ​d’argent​ ​/​ ​On​ ​a​ ​Silver​ ​Platter​.”​ ​This corpus,​ ​composed​ ​of​ ​silver​ ​plates​ ​decorated​ ​with​ ​engraved​ ​messages,​ ​explores​ ​the​ ​cultural distinctions​ ​between​ ​Anglophones​ ​and​ ​Francophones​ ​or​ ​Acadians​ ​of​ ​New​ ​Brunswick.​ ​During​ ​the dinner,​ ​the​ ​silver​ ​trays​ ​will​ ​be​ ​used​ ​to​ ​serve​ ​the​ ​food,​ ​unveiling​ ​the​ ​artist’s​ ​engraved​ ​messages​ ​as people​ ​eat​ ​and​ ​discuss.​ ​This​ ​project​ ​seeks​ ​to​ ​update​ ​the​ ​Atlantic​ ​kitchen​ ​party​ ​custom​ ​by​ ​using it ​as​ ​a​ ​discussion​ ​platform​ ​addressing​ ​a​ ​question​ ​of​ ​New​ ​Brunswick​ ​identity,​ ​namely​ ​bilingualism and​ ​linguistic​ ​tensions.