Ink On Paper (Set of 30), 2009 (left)

Felting pen on blotting paper

The tips of felttip pens are suspended on a sheet of blotting paper. By a process of osmosis, the felttip pens are slowly emptied, the pigments spreading on the paper.

Half Full, 1999

C-print, mounted on Dibond

A glass halfway filled with water could also be halfway emptied of it. Only the title of the work gives an indicator to which one it is, referring to the subjective outlook of the person assessing it.

Photo © Richard-Max Tremblay