La Cage, Mourir de Rire 2020

Sandra Chevrier made this intriguing artwork, La Cage, Mourir de Rire, using collage and paint to bring together a face disrupted by comic book fragments. I wonder how this piece came into being, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition? I sympathize with Sandra, trying to build up a face with images of superheroes. What was she thinking? What does it mean to be a superhero? Is she saying something about the masks we wear, the battles we fight? How does the texture of the paper, the bright comic colours, and the smooth paint shape our experience and make us feel? Look at the eyes in particular—how they communicate feeling and meaning. They suggest not only Sandra's creative process but also how the artwork relates to her larger body of work. It brings to mind other artists and how they inspire one another’s creativity. Artists are in an ongoing conversation, inspiring each other across time. Painting embraces ambiguity, allowing for multiple interpretations, so what do you see?