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Fauteux, André Lucien
Both Ways Now Dans les deux sens maintenant
1974 1974

Both Ways Now is an early work by senior Canadian artist André Fauteux. Fauteux began using constructed steel in 1970, combining a sense of geometry with a rhythmic lightness. His works have qualities in common with Minimalist practice and demonstrate the influence of British sculptor Anthony Caro, for whom Fauteux worked as a studio assistant in 1974 and 1975. The artist also cites painter Kenneth Noland as an important influence.

In Both Ways Now, Fauteux begins with a rectangular outline. The viewer must move around the piece in order to fully appreciate its impact: through the use of steel of various widths and gently curving line, Fauteux elegantly produces an effect of fluid movement. He thus achieves what curator Karen Wilkin has described as the embodiment of “a continuing conflict between a Platonic sense of the ideal and a modernist appreciation of the unpredictable.”

Fauteux, André Lucien
Dunnville ON 1946 Dunnville ON 1946
Both Ways Now Dans les deux sens maintenant
1974 1974
painted steel Acier peint
height / width / depth: 217.40 x 114.50 x 157.50 cm; 85.59 x 45.08 x 62.01 in.
Purchase, Gallery Association and Canada Council matching grant, 1979 Achat, Gallery Association et fonds de contrepartie du Conseil des arts du Canada, 1979
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