Dominique Blais
Born in 1974 in Châteaubriand, France. Lives and works in Paris, France.
Dominique Blais aims to capture visual and auditory components of our environment through sculptural and sound installations. From the beginning of his artistic practice in the mid-2000s, he considered the context to be a starting point of his reflection and placed such notions as space, time and physical constraints in the heart of his preoccupations. He seeks to explore their conceptual dimension, incarnating it into a material form.
His work wishes to draw the viewer’s attention to the visual qualities of the objects which are primarily intended to produce or broadcast sound. Balancing on the border of imperceptible, Dominique Blais tries to materialize the invisible and to give it shape, just like he wishes to give shape to sounds or to a silence, which, for him, is a shadow of sound. By subtle transposition of sounds and images, his work confronts our expectations and leads our perception towards new experiences.
The question of materials, both physical and evanescent, is substantial in his work. Not limited to a particular field, he expands his visual vocabulary through the use of a great range of mediums and techniques (drawing, ceramics, photography, installation, sound, video, etc.).
Dominique Blais is currently holding a post of Associate Lecturer at l’École des Arts de la Sorbonne, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Nantes, he holds a DEA of Media Multimedia Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Paris) and a post-graduate diploma of the School of Fine Arts in Marseille. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the Vilnius Academy of Arts Vilnius, Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, at the Palais de Tokyo, the Grand Palais and the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, at the Villa Arson in Nice and at the Mac / Val in Vitry-sur-Seine.
Public collections : MAC/VAL (Vitry-sur-Seine), CNAP (Paris), FRAC Franche-Comté (Besançon), FRAC Aquitaine (Bordeaux), FRAC Champagne-Ardenne (Reims), FRAC Pays de la Loire (Carquefou).
Works
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Dominique Blais
Sans titre (les Semeuses), 2021
Acrylic on canvas
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Dominique Blais
Sans titre (Afflux), 2021
Color film without sound
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Dominique Blais
Exhibition view, Musée de la Poste, 2022
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Dominique Blais
Les Burelés, 2021
Laser engraving on anodised aluminium
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Dominique Blais
Les Burelés, 2021
Laser engraving on anodised aluminium -
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Dominique Blais
Exhibition view, Musée de la Poste, 2022
© Frédéric Lanternier
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Dominique Blais
Exhibition view, centre d'art Le Lait, 2021
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Dominique Blais
Exhibition view, centre d'art Le Lait, 2021
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Dominique Blais,
"Empyrée #1",
2016.
Panneau mosaïque spéculaire contrecollé sur aluminium,
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Dominique Blais,
"Coil",
2017.
Digigraphie sur papier mat 189g,
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Dominique Blais,
"Dynamique des fluides",
2018.
Huile sur toile,
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Dominique Blais,
"Sans titre (Melancholia)
[Philips 523, robe bleue]"
2016,
Disque microsillon, tourne-disque, câbles
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Dominique Blais,
"Phases of the Moon (Harvest)",
2017.
30 boîtes en carton timbrées et oblitérées (format 15x15x15 cm) contenant 30 sphères en verre massif teinté emballées avec des feuilles de papier de soie, et envoyées par l'artiste au Mac Lyon via les services postaux.
30 tubes en carton pour surélever les sphères
1 étagère blanche (en 3 parties) avec 30 positions de rétro-éclairage -
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Dominique Blais,
"Phases of the Moon (Harvest)",
2017.
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Dominique Blais,
Sans titre (Les disques blancs),
2012.
Installation (Grès C, moteurs, filins métalliques),
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Dominique Blais
Transmission, 2008-2009
19" Studio Steel Rack, CD player, audio CD, amplifier, cables
Variable dimensions -
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Dominique Blais
Trauma, 2010
Ceramic earplugs, showcase, sound diffusion
30 x 25 x 20 cm -
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Dominique Blais
Concrete Soundproof, 2010
Speakers, insulating material, concrete, cables
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Dominique Blais
Ring (detail), 2012
Pinhole photograph on baryte paper / bronze
48,5 x 38,8 cm (paper/each)
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Dominique Blais,
"Revolution IV",
2017.
32 douilles, 32 câbles électriques, 1 lot d'ampoules halogènes, 1 boîtier de commande électronique en bois gravé -
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Dominique Blais,
"Phases of the moon", 2015.
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Dominique Blais
Sans titre (Les cordes), 2013
Neon, power supply, electric cables
Variable dimensions -
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Dominique Blais
Sans titre (Les cordes), 2013
Neon, power supply, electric cables
Variable dimensions -
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Dominique Blais
Sans titre (les colonnes d’air), 2014
Gray blown glass
L : 1433 mm
Mouthpiece diameter = 15 mm
Base diameter : 59 mm -
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Dominique Blais
Sans titre (les colonnes d’air), 2014
Transparent blown glass
L : 1345 mm
Mouthpiece diameter = 12 mm
Base diameter : 55 mm -
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Dominique Blais
Light House, 2013
No sound color video on plasma screen
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Dominique Blais
De l'invisible au visible, 2012
Various metals
Diameter : 100 cm -
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Dominique Blais
Entropê, 2014 - 2015
Glass, copper oxyde, copper, oak
Sculpture : 23 x 14 cm
Furniture : 104 x 52 cm -
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Dominique Blais
35/39, 2013
Specific installation, Maison du peuple – Clichy
Sculpture (PMMA mirror bricks, flight cases, motor), HD movie, video projector
Variable dimensions -
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Dominique Blais
Solaris, 2011
Site-specific installation, Transpalette – Bourges
Set (timber, PMMA), lighting control system (Fresnel lens, light, motor, DMX interface, automation software)
Variable dimensions -
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Dominique Blais
L’écho est le miroir du son et une image du bruit, 2014
Blown glass, wood, speakers, cables and sound track
Glass speakers : 35 x 15,5 x 30 cm
Wood Speakers : 37 x 18,5 x 23 cm
