Stockroom Kyneton, gallery 1
30 January / 14 March 2021

MATHIEU BRIAND
Songes

Songes, by Mathieu Briand, presents bronze sculptures that are composed in two groups, Corps au repos et allongés (Body at rest and lying down) and Songes (Daydreams).

Songes emerged during a residency in Jan Juc during the first wave Covid-19 lockdown. The body of work was further developed through the 2020 Melbourne hard lockdown and cast at Fundere Foundry in Sunshine.

Briand’s exhibition presents an exciting departure in medium by utilising the bronze casting lost wax process. This significant new body of work is also Briand’s first Australian produced works, having recently relocated from France. For Briand, Songes has a very deep and absolute link to this country.

Within the two bodies of work, Mathieu Briand explores the universal image of a body in repose in Corps au repos et allongés, whilst Songes explores the dream state.

"What we see and what we seem is but a dream. A dream within a dream.”

- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975 film)