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Work by
Matt Hilker & Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair
On Display February 20 through March 26, 2011

Artist's Reception
Sunday, March 6th from 5:30–7:30pm
(Stay for Cinema Minima screening at 8pm)
Cole's Bar, 2338 N Milwaukee, Chicago

Visit the Exhibition Archive for information
about past exhibitions for Art at Cole's.

Home on the Road, Water Color, 11"X14"

Matt Hilker | contact

A Chicago-based artist, Matt Hilker's work deals with home, family, sci-fi, genetics, Greek mythology, and adventure. Details, pattern and a strong central composition are also common themes throughout.

On Display at Cole's are
13 monochrome watercolors.

Girlfriend Maker, Water Color, 11"X14"

He Steals Fish, Water Color, 11"X14"

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Savannah, Oil on Canvas, 44"X36"

Borporate Piciet, Oil on Canvas, 44"X37"

Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair
emiliebsquared.com
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My relationship to art can only begin on a personal level. It is a visual biography of my observation or reactions to the circumstances I encounter in my every day life. I draw inspiration from cultural events and phenomenon as well as societal mores and my own emotion.

This being said, I find myself attracted to themes of connect vs disconnect and personal vs intra-personal. Humans cognitively create degrees of separation in order to better organize the physical world. A greater realization of the interconnectedness and humanity is required to move forward as a meaningful society and culture.

I enjoy using visual metaphors such as labyrinth design & and symbolic objects such as flowers that have a specific meaning attachment. I express myself in a variety of medium, most often being oils, inks and collage.

My most recent piece, 'Borporate Piciet' is my interpretation of a corporation symbolized by the idealized female form. It is about the face a corporation shows the public, and how they use their portrayed image as a front to cover up their soullessness and destructive mechanical nature. It was originally conceived as my response to the events last summer of the BP spill. Even while the oil spill in the gulf was occurring, lobbyists were pushing legislation through congress that would allow more risky drilling procedures. Corporations continually use distraction through media outlets in order to mask their true function and endeavors. The oil spill is an example of how corporate irresponsibility directly affects the public- being us. I would like this piece to facilitate conversation about our role and responsibility as citizens of a shared community.

On Display at Coles are 3 oils,
3 collages and 2 watercolors.

Remains, Collage, 6.5"X6.5"

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Art @ Cole's is an AnySquared Project. Also check out Cinema Minima.
Cole's Bar, 2338 N Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois