An artist is always subject to a variety of vertigoes. He seeks equilibrium on the edge of what he perceives beyond his own being and on which he needs to shed light.

Today, artists develop simple or excessive ways to give a name to the world in which they live.

Essentially, the 30th anniversary of the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul will highlight two antipodal attitudes, two different approaches to creation which are hallmarks of today’s art. To that end, the artists selected will be working at two opposite poles of today’s artistic practice: Pole one describes a practice which states sparse proposals with minimalist accents, in either substance or form; Pole two is characterised by an excessive practice and accumulation of overflowing signs lacking any kind of hierarchy.

The 30th anniversary of the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul will thus offer a bountiful dialogue between artists whose practices correspond to one or the other of these two approaches.