Yvette Brideau,“Tunnie” (Lorne) Nielsen’s Welding/Mechanic Shop, Benalto, AB 1995. (Supplied)

By Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery

on through feb. 27

‘Vestige’ photography exhibit on now at Red Deer MAG

Dec 10, 2021 | 10:15 AM

Empty windows and empty rooms reflect and echo what once was. Yvette Brideau’s small black and white photographs of abandoned churches and quiet spaces reflect what is left behind by the passage of time. See the photographic exhibit Vestige: Photography by Yvette Brideau on display at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) December 10, 2021 to February 27, 2022. This is a hallway exhibit: a small collection of 2-dimensional works.

vestige /’vestidᴣ/ noun

[French from Latin vestigium sole of the foot, footprint, trace.]

1. A mark, trace, or visible sign of something no longer present or in existence; a piece of evidence, an indication; a surviving remnant.

Words from Joanne Gruenberg, Curator of Art:

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“In Vestige, photographer Yvette Brideau’s small scale black and white photographs take us to the quiet spaces that are often overlooked or left behind as people pass by and move on.”

About the Artist

Born in northern New Brunswick of Acadian descent, Yvette Brideau

attended St. Thomas University in Fredericton, graduating with a degree in

French Literature in 1973. She developed a fascination for black and white photography and studied with Dr. Harry Thompson, a devotee to the zone system of Fred Picker and methods of Ansel Adams. Yvette moved to Red Deer in 1984 and in 1994 Yvette and her husband David More re-located to the hamlet of Benalto and established a wee home and former church studio and a garden named Benhaven. Partners since 1977, Yvette and David’s journey together is revealed in the Red Deer MAG book The Greatest Garden.