{"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":"2026-07-30T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:41:09","slug":"artists-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.normandrajotte.com\/en\/artists-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist\u2019s 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]For more than twenty years, I have focused my 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. I walk through this site, season after season, 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, my approach primarily focuses on careful observation. This intuitive practice has gradually led me to redefine my relationship to nature. Over time, an intimate bond has developed between me and this territory. The changes I observe in these places align with my own and are thus transposed into my work. Given the reoccurrence of this land in my practice, I am continuously challenged with renewing my gaze so as to remain open to what I encounter. Discoveries lead to others; new paths emerge as I continue my explorations. I become, in a way, the witness of the land and the guardian of the traces that I capture photographically.[\/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 <\/em><em>Rajotte\u2019s work, an intimate and meditative dimension of the territory. It exists in the <\/em><em>hollows of the surfaces and materials; whose representation goes far beyond the visible. <\/em><em>We are no longer faced with the objective description of a landscape. Rather, we <\/em><em>encounter its suggestive potential where mystery, strangeness, and discovery are <\/em><em>articulated. This singular approach is most akin to that of the explorer. He depicts a <\/em><em>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, I have focused my 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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