About the artist:
Alix Van Der Donckt-Ferrand makes drawings that circuit notions of desire, embellishment, strength, and aspiration. Her practice encapsulates a world of images and materials at nature’s threshold- the ambiguous space between real and hyperreal, as in GMOs, mortality, femininity, and gym bros. The artist embraces the inherent and strangely spiritual contradictions of origin, and meditates on its fundamental symbols across cultures. As such, in Ferrand's drawings, maize as the cornerstone of pan American food cultures holds as much inherent value as relishing in leg day at the gym. In equal measure reveling and concealing, the artist's drawings layer meaning as an exercise of narrative power.
Alix Van Der Donckt-Ferrand (b. 1995, Montréal, Canada) lives and works in Montréal. She has been included in solo and group exhibitions at april april, Pittsburgh; Unit 17, Vancouver; Independent, New York; Chris Andrews, Montreal; Bridget Donahue, New York; Chozick Family Art Gallery, New York; ermitage, Montreal; Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York; Poundmaker Historical Museum, Saskatchewan; The Loon, Toronto; and Antonini Museum, Nasca, Peru.
Specs:
Like confetti or rain, a multicolored cascade of corn kernels scatters across an otherwise blank expanse of gray paper in The Great Axis of Corn. The title references the irrefutable cultural, social, and economic importance of maize throughout the Americas, positioning the crop as both sustenance and symbol. By isolating and multiplying this single form, Ferrand elevates corn from a common staple to a charged cultural emblem, balancing celebration with quiet critique.More
- Framed: 22.5 x 28.5 x 1.5 in.
3:00 PM, Mar 12, 2026.
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