Louis-Bernard St-Jean
2011
Oil on canvas
60" x 40" x 2"  (152 x 102 x 5 cm) 
 

Inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Monolithe shows an interpretation of the range of emotions felt at the sight of this mysterious object, as described in the famous work of Stanley Kubrick.

While its surface remind of the Moon's surface, we feel by the dramatic red lines the intensity and latent threat of the irreparable acts that the onboard artificial intelligence HAL 9000 will commit against its crew.