Families Fused

I met Danielle through my friend Kelly, who is also a part of this show. For clarification see the piece entitled 3 Lights and a Shadow.What to do with so many teeth! This is the kind of venture that has to be perfect…

Danielle bought a little crystal chandelier a few years back. It was bright, modern, elegant and impactful. When I think of her, I tend to think of this chandelier. So when she sent me 11 baby teeth, I thought of a chandelier, but was not sure of how to progress.While taking a break (from the conceptualization of this show) my mother casually offered me my father’s last Chemotherapy pill bottles, asking if I would be of use.

There were 11 of them.

Danielle has her mother and grandmother tattooed on her arm. A bold and amazing homage to the women in her life it is a fusion of ink on skin. I never fought with my dad. I respected him and he respected me, we saw each other as father and son, fellow artists, businessmen, and adult peers, but I do not get tattoos.

This chandelier is my fusion. Inside each pill bottle crystal is one baby tooth. A man at the end of his life, and a young woman who was just starting hers come together for a piece that links two complete strangers whom are linked through their familial bonds and their deep respect of family and knowledge of what that means.

I have met Danielle’s mom, and I only wish she could have met my father.

This chandelier is the first meeting of two kindred.

This piece is now showing at Headquarters gallery.
1649 rue Amherst
Montreal QC
514-678-2923

Families Fused – Jerome Prieur 2008

Mixed Media

Donated Teeth - Danielle-Marie Smith.
Special thanks to Aline Plante.

41” x 12” x 12”

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