
As visitors move through Frantz Patrick Henry’s exhibition, their steps, gaze, and breath fall into rhythm with a landscape shaped by echoes and dissonances. The artist gathers, like fragments, elements of Haitian vernacular architecture, secular stained glass, fleeting silhouettes, and plant shoots poised to break through concrete. Assembled, scratched, and layered, these components form a shifting fresco where each stratum reactivates a buried memory.
In this chiaroscuro terrain, the clean line of a rose window converses with the vibrant pulse of corrugated metal; a sports field becomes the stage for unrest; a reflection hints at revolt. Henry works in the interstices—between here and elsewhere, past and present, fragility and resistance. He doesn’t erase contrasts but holds them in tension, allowing unexpected correspondences to emerge—an energy that seeps through cracks and reawakens space.
The exhibition unfolds as a sensitive cartography: a space to be traversed rather than simply observed. Each step activates zones of ambiguity; each glance reveals a hidden sign; each silence lets a collective memory rise to the surface. Beneath the surface of the everyday, an irrepressible life force pulses—bearing witness to cultures that persist and regenerate despite violence and disorder.
Frantz Patrick Henry invites viewers to lose themselves to find their bearings, creating an immersive experience where space transforms into narrative. At the center of this fragmented landscape is a quiet promise of re-enchantment. Enter, wander, and listen as the walls, shadows, and roots communicate—through your movement and exploration, the organic and political force of his work comes to life.
Frantz Patrick Henry
Patrick F. Henry is a multidisciplinary artist of Haitian origin who has lived in Montreal since 2011. He graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2019. He completed his master's degree in sculpture at Yale University School of Art, and received the McAbbie Foundation Grant for Excellence in Sculpture from the School of Visual and Media Arts (UQAM) for his installation entitled “Je suis nouveau ici” (2020), the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Curator
Renaud Gadoury
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