Laurent Vaillancourt participated in the cultural revival movement of French Ontario in the early 1970s and remains closely connected to this community. Hearst, in Northern Ontario, remains his home base. The artist has always been and continues to be fascinated by steel cable, a true metaphor for his profound desire to connect, through this symbolic material, the residents of the small communities with which he identifies. Steel cable is rarely used as a raw material. Its flexibility, curves, elegance, and resistance to torsion are the attributes that Vaillancourt explores while manipulating it. Found objects are also increasingly becoming part of his core materials. For the artist, the object holds meaning. The object is an artifact. It serves to tell stories. (Source: https://gn-o.org/en/artist/laurent-vaillancourt-2/)
