Sophie La Rosière

Iris Häussler

Toronto, Canada, Nogent Sur Marne and Paris, France

My project, Sophie La Rosière, seems to have a pliable, open-ended structure. It engages my collaborators in a journey of brainstorming, defining and redefining what art can be in our contemporary world. Proposing notions of what might have been in former times and how we can try to tell stories of the past - without making it up, or, conversely, forcing us to acknowledge that any memory is synthetic storytelling. How can we distinguish reality and fiction for sure, and what “for sure” means? Meanwhile the project takes on more layers and offers its malleability as an ongoing entry point for research and creation.

Iris Häussler, February 2016.

Read more and see photo galleries of the art works at the Sophie La Rosière Project website

Partners and Collaborators:

Upcoming Exhibition for Sophie La Rosière:

  • CHAPTER III Opening 09 March 2017: Daniel Faria Gallery
    188 St Helens Avenue
    Toronto ON, M6H 4A1 Canada
    Daniel Faria Gallery

Past Exhibitions for Sophie La Rosière:

Sophie La Rosière media:

  • 2016 - Wondereur, 27 page photo documentary, Ryan Walker, Toronto, wondereur.com new window
  • Terence Dick, “Review Iris Haussler”, Akimbo, 2016 10 26 Akimbo new window
  • Murray Whyte, “Beautiful Deceptions”. Toronto Star, 2016 10 21 The Star Link Goes To External Site
  • Caoimhe Morgan-Feir, “On Inventing Women Artists in a Post Truth Era, Canadian Art, 2016 10 19 Canadian Art Online Edition Link Goes To External Site
  • Kate Taylor, Artist Iris Haussler Weaves Together Art and Fiction in Toronto Exhibition, Globe & Mail, 2016 10 06 Globe & Mail Link Goes To External Site
  • Gerard Audient, The Mask Under The Face. Canadian Art Magazine, Winter 2014, p.126-129 CanadianArt new windowPDF new window (1 MB)