CCCA Canadian Art Database

Jean Lantier

Jean Lantier graduated from the École des arts visuels at Université Laval in 1976. He combined painting, sculpture and prints to create pieces adhering to the installation art current. He was awarded several scholarships and studied in Paris and New York. His career essentially developed in Quebec. His pieces are showcased in solo and collective exhibitions, as well as Quebec museum collections. Jean Lantier develops upon ambiguity, juxtapositions, contrasts and the complementary aspect of elements in a given space. He pays particular attention to various textures which can be smooth, ribbed, granulative or chiseled. These textures provide colour to the sober-shaped sculptures, created following a minimalistic approach. The individual sculptures often present a range of autonomous fragmented or divided volumes which form an whole. The artist simultaneously plays on the regularity of shapes and volumes, but also on the variations, inversion and sheer delinquency of the elements’ order in a defined space. The materials and techniques vary from one piece to the other, but they always invite the observer to reflect upon the relation between physical and mental space. Lantier’s art relates to contemplation; a form of intimacy is created even though his pieces are often very large, allowing the observer to discover their different subtleties.
Creator Id: 352
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Quebec
Year of Birth: 1953
City: Montreal
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Male
Mediums: commission, installation, painting, printmaking, public art, sculpture
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Work by Jean Lantier

Triades (bribes d’histoire et de géographie), première partie

Work ID: 68456

Measurements: 230 cm

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Idem, detail

Work ID: 68458

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Triades (bribes d’histoire et de géographie), deuxième partie

Work ID: 68457

Measurements: 240 cm

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mont, mot, motif, mensonge, première partie, detail

Work ID: 68460

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mont, mot, motif, mensonge, deuxième partie

Work ID: 68461

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mont, mot, motif, mensonge, deuxième partie, detail

Work ID: 68462

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mont, mot, motif, mensonge, première partie

Work ID: 68459

Measurements: 240 cm

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Retournédétourné (cinq pièces froides en contrepoint), partie gauche

Work ID: 68463

Measurements: 243 cm

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Retournédétourné (cinq pièces froides en contrepoint), partie droite

Work ID: 68465

Measurements: 243 cm

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Dénombrements: Quatre images de l’indifférenciation, detail

Work ID: 68467

Measurements: each/chacun: 210 cm x 85 cm

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Dénombrements: Deux trahisons

Work ID: 68469

Measurements: 122 x 122 cm

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Dénombrements: Quatre images de l’indifférenciation

Work ID: 68466

Measurements: each/chacun: 210 cm x 85 cm

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Dénombrements: Une métaphore

Work ID: 68470

Measurements: 270 cm

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Dénombrements: Trois sculptures trompeuses

Work ID: 68468

Measurements: 243 cm

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Inventaire: huit tableaux noirs (no. 6 à 8)

Work ID: 68475

Measurements: each/chacun: 185 x122 cm

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Inventaire: huit tableaux noirs (no. 1 à 5)

Work ID: 68474

Measurements: each/chacun: 185 x122 cm

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Deux triptyques allusifs et illusoires (premier diptyque)

Work ID: 68471

Measurements: 243 cm

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Pièces génériques, vue d’ensemble

Work ID: 68476

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Pièces génériques, sculpture no. 2

Work ID: 68477

Measurements: 60 x 243 cm

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Pièces génériques, sculpture no. 1

Work ID: 68478

Measurements: 243 x 30 cm

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Nouvelles pièces génériques, troisième partie

Work ID: 68483

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Nouvelles pièces génériques, deuxième partie

Work ID: 68481

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Nouvelles pièces génériques, première partie, detail

Work ID: 68480

Measurements: 243 x 30 cm

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Nouvelles pièces génériques, première partie

Work ID: 68479

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Incidentes (pièces équivoques), deuxième partie, détail

Work ID: 68489

Measurements: 126 x 126 cm

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Incidentes (pièces équivoques), deuxième partie, détail

Work ID: 68488

Measurements: 126 x 126 cm

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Incidentes (pièces équivoques), première partie

Work ID: 68485

Measurements: 270 cm

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Lointain, indéterminé (nouvelles pièces froides), diptyque (5-6)

Work ID: 68494

Measurements: 243 x 122 cm

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Lointain, indéterminé (nouvelles pièces froides), diptyque (9-10)

Work ID: 68495

Measurements: 243 x 122 cm

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Lointain, indéterminé (nouvelles pièces froides), détail, sculpture 3

Work ID: 68492

Measurements: 132 x 45 cm

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Petits clichés, sculpture

Work ID: 68496

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Petits clichés, vue d’ensemble

Work ID: 68497

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Petits clichés, détail

Work ID: 68498

Measurements: 10 x 10 cm

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Écarts, sculpture 3

Work ID: 68503

Measurements: 90 cm

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Écarts, vue générale, sculpture 1

Work ID: 68501

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Écarts, groupe de tableaux 1

Work ID: 68502

Measurements: 243 x 152 cm

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Écarts, détail, sculpture 2

Work ID: 68500

Measurements: 60 x 243 cm

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Écarts, vue générale, sculptures 1, 2, 3 et tableaux 1

Work ID: 68499

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Énumérations, détail, sculpture

Work ID: 68505

Measurements: each/chacun: 45 cm

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Énumérations, pièces murales 1, détail

Work ID: 68508

Measurements: 20 x 20 cm

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Énumérations, vue générale

Work ID: 68504

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Tiges et tuiles, première partie, détail

Work ID: 68510

Measurements: 30 x 213 cm

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Tiges et tuiles, deuxième partie, détail

Work ID: 68513

Measurements: 30 x 30 cm

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Tiges et tuiles, deuxième partie, détail

Work ID: 68511

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Tiges et tuiles, deuxième partie, vue d’ensemble

Work ID: 68512

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Tiges et tuiles, première partie, vue d’ensemble

Work ID: 68509

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Micro Paysage, détail

Work ID: 68515

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Micro Paysage, vue d’ensemble

Work ID: 68514

Measurements: each/chacun:180 x 213 cm

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