{"id":35,"date":"2026-04-15T15:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normandrajotte.com\/en\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-06-18T12:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:59:52","slug":"artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.normandrajotte.com\/en\/artist-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nFor more than twenty years, Normand Rajotte has focused his attention on a few square kilometers of wooded area at the foot of Mont M\u00e9gantic near La Patrie, a village in southeastern Qu\u00e9bec, Canada. He walks through this site, season after season, year after year, looking for signs of change; from the growth of vegetation to the traces left by animal activity.\r\n\r\nLeaving aside prior research or documentation, his approach primarily focuses on careful observation. This intuitive practice has gradually led him to redefine his relationship to nature. Over time, an intimate bond has developed between him and this territory. The changes he observes in these places align with his own and are thus transposed into his work. Given the reoccurrence of this land in his practice, he is continuously challenged with renewing his gaze so as to remain open to what he encounters. Discoveries lead to others; new paths emerge as he continues his explorations. He becomes, in a way, the witness of the land and the guardian of the traces that he captures photographically.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_empty_space td_block_wrap vc_empty_space tdi_6 \"  style=\"height: 20px\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\n<em>\u201cWhile he uses the landscape as an overarching theme, there is, in the subtleties of Rajotte\u2019s work, an intimate and meditative dimension of the territory. It exists in the hollows of the surfaces and materials; whose representation goes far beyond the visible. We are no longer faced with the objective description of a landscape. Rather, we encounter its suggestive potential where mystery, strangeness, and discovery are articulated. This singular approach is most akin to that of the explorer. He depicts a perceptive experience that explores the finality in our own observations of things.\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u2013 Mona Hakim, Art Historian.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_column_text css=\"\"] For more than twenty years, Normand Rajotte has focused his attention on a few square kilometers of wooded area at the foot of Mont M\u00e9gantic near La Patrie, a village in southeastern Qu\u00e9bec, Canada. 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