IMAGINARY FLIGHT - RICHARD FULHAM THE
ARTIST
Richard Fulham was born in Verdun (Quebec) on March 26th 1951. He studied Fine Arts at the Vieux-Montreal College and Ceramics at the Julien studio in Quebec. From 1977 to 1989 Richard worked as a potter/ceramicist. During this period he combined utilitarian production and some particular research on Ceramics, that give as a final result, a very interesting production of unique pieces. Colour and texture are part of his research at this moment. He has also participated in many solo and group exhibitions. During this period he was noticed as an original artist whose work is in constant progression. During the next few years, he was active in the Arts and Crafts division, working on a larger scale in the corporate market. Thereafter Richard returns with energy to his artistic production. For more than 5 years now he has been working exclusively on the production of collage-paintings. The works that you see in this exhibit show a deft handling of technique coupled with a fine sence of the poetic. RICHARD FULHAM TECHNIQUE: THE COLLAGE
"The collage is a thief’s pleasure made by the pillage of the community" Francis Picabia By the way what is a collage? It’s by cutting off, juxtaposing and superposing on a background a few ill-assorted and stranger elements that have no value, but one time reassembled in a common story get at that moment all their strength. THE CREATIVITY PROCESS "The most important thing is not what you see but it’s what you imagine" Léon Bellefleur The unknown and the hazard border the pictural indiscipline and the chance. The idea must prevail on the works. The work of Richard Fulham consists of an attempt to imagine a succession of intuitions, spontaneities and emotional charges. He is not searching for the pure technique. "I’m waiting for the meeting of reality and imaginary. I take my inspiration in music, more specifically jazz, the actual life and the space." Richard Fulham’s work is aimed at attracting the public’s attention and modifying the visitor’s interpretation of traditional painting. His approach flirts with surrealism, automatism and geometric organization. "I support this pictural organization
by adding acrylic, vinyl, chalk, pastels and occasionaly the incorporation
of 3D elements that have
EXHIBITIONS During the last years Richard Fulham has participated in many solo or group exhibitions : Solo exhibitions 2002 Foyers artistiques
du Centre Culturelle de Drummondville
Group exhibitions 2002 Symposium international
"Art Collage - Plovdiv 2002"
solo and group exhibitions to come solo exhibitions 2003 Galerie Renée-
Blain de Brossard ( 17-01-03 au 07-03-03 )
group exhibitions 2002 L'Art
de la papier V Galerie J-C Bergeron Ottawa
COLLECTIONS Musée du Collage International
Etc. GRANTS 2002 Ministère
d'État à la Culture et aux Communications du Québec
AWARDS 2002 Grand Prix de la
ville de Plovdiv, Bulgarie ( 2e Symposium du collage)
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