Douglas Breault
Douglas BreaulT
Solo Exhibition at BabsonARTS
Solo Exhibition at BabsonArts
Breault displays photographs that enlist objects and images from physical and digital worlds, creating compositions through layers of reflections in mirrors, glass, and printed pictures and matching the light to illuminate a fragmented scene. The work derives from observations of the precarious nature of materiality and grappling with matters of temporality and perception. The imagery of clouds, candles, and plants is distorted through the long exposure of the image to connect illusions to heaven and the distortion involved in hopeful recollection.
Breault freely misapplies traditional artistic photography, painting, and sculpture methods by purposely misaligning materials and connecting collected fragments. Materiality is essential to develop his ideas, subordinating form to process. The ongoing series of images presented in A Shot in the Dark is printed directly onto aluminum, using the dye sublimation process to reflect the light, similar to the fragmented mirrors and glass in the images.
Breault enlists obliterated images downloaded and printed from the internet and incorporates banal objects to build connections between narrative and memory. The process entangles a digital excavation combined with the sculptural element of altered objects and images. These accumulations coalesce objects, photos, and narratives into physical space using mimicry and abstraction to question truth and transformation.
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About Douglas Breault
“Douglas Breault (b.1990) works as an interdisciplinary artist, frequently overlapping elements from photography, painting, sculpture, and video. He received his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in 2017, and he currently divides his time between Boston and Providence.
His work has been included in exhibitions and screenings at various institutions including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Bristol Art Museum, the Stone Gallery at Boston University, and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. He currently teaches art at Bridgewater State University, Babson College, RISD Continuing Education, and is the Exhibitions Director at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA. Douglas is represented by Coastal Contemporary Gallery in Newport, RI and Nearby Gallery in Newton, MA.”
About BabSonArts
“Creativity and innovation have long been hallmarks of Babson Collegeʼs focus on entrepreneurship, and the arts provide a space to explore the intersection of creative vision and entrepreneurial thought. We are happy to welcome the general public to our events in-person again. With the exception of current Babson, Olin, and Wellesley students, staff, and faculty already approved to be on campus, ALL eligible individuals attending events on campus must review and follow all visitor protocols and be fully vaccinated. Proof of vaccination must be provided ahead of the event using CrowdPass. Registration is required and a unique link to upload vaccination verification will be provided with your confirmation email as well as the pre-event reminder email. If you have questions or need assistance please email babsonarts@babson.edu or call the box office at 781-239-5880”