Sightings II
constructed / generic / altered / industrial
May 24 - August 3, 2012
A project by Marie-France Daigneault Bouchard, with artworks by Roland Brener, David Duchow, Lauréat Marois, Kim Ondaatje
The Gallery is featuring works from its collection in a series of five satellite exhibitions curated by graduate students in Concordia’s art history and studio arts programmes. Each exhibition takes place in a temporary exhibition display module measuring 8’ X 8’ that will be located on the metro level of the EV Building. Sightings will offer a unique opportunity for students and the public to become familiar with the Gallery’s collection in a new setting, while allowing students to develop their curatorial skills.
Image: Roland Brener, Capital Z, #11, 1993, silver print, Collection of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University. Gift of the artist, 1995. Photo : Paul Smith
http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/en/50years-activities-and-events.php
SOLIDARITY PIQUE-NIQUE à la maison RADIO-CANADA le 16 mai, de 12h à 14h
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Les réductions budgétaires aux diffuseurs publics et à l’ONF ne sont pas pasées inaperçus! Les étudiantEs en grève du Québec vous invitent à un pique-nique de solidarité devant la Maison Radio-Canada au 1400 boul. René-Lévesque Est, le 16 mai, de 12h à 14h. En festoyant devant leurs bureaux, nous créerons une opportunité pour que les journalistes de Radio-Canada puissent apprendre à mieux connaître les gens impliqués dans la lutte pour une éducation postsecondaire accessible à tous. Apportez vos nappes de pique-nique, votre lunch et venez vous dorer la couenne sous le chaud soleil de la démocratie! En cas de pluie (un événement météorologique clairement anti-démocratique) le pique-nique aura lieu le lendemain.
Spending cuts to our public media outlets: The CBC and NFB have not gone unnoticed by students! Student Strikers of Québec invite all Canadians to a solidarity picnic lunch in front of Montréal’s Maison Radio-Canada, 1400 Boulevard René-Lévesque East, Wednesday the 16th of May, from 12-2pm. Besides eating and playing at this family-friendly event, we are creating an opportunity for the CBC to interview the the folks involved in the peaceful protest for accessible education and improved social services for all. Bring your picnic (red if you have!) blankets and lunch to come bask in the sunshine of democracy. (In case of rain, the picnic will be held the following day, Thursday, May 17th.)
Documentation of “Golem”, solo show by Matthew Thomson
Documentation from my latest solo show entitled Golem, at the Flea Market Gallery in St. Catharines, Ontario. The exhibition displays a breakdown of the creative process, manifested through print, sculpture, video and 3D printing. The link contains the statement for the work as well. http://therecyclingplant.blogspot.ca/2012/05/documentation-of-golem-solo-show-in-st.html
The international “Elektra” festival is coming to Montreal.
Steven Woloshen’s (MFA 2010) short film, “Playtime” will screen in the cinema portion of this wonderful international festival. Read more.
Sightings
The Gallery is featuring works from its collection in a series of five satellite exhibitions curated by graduate students in Concordia’s art history and studio arts programmes. Each exhibition takes place in a temporary exhibition display module measuring 8’ X 8’ that will be located on the metro level of the EV Building. Sightings will offer a unique opportunity for students and the public to become familiar with the Gallery’s collection in a new setting, while allowing students to develop their curatorial skills.
Sightings I: Inundations
April 5 - May 18
A project by Anne-Marie Proulx, with artworks by Raymonde April
Anne-Marie Proulx is interested in the effects of accumulation and regrouping of photographs in Raymonde April’s artistic practice. In the context of Sightings I: Inundations, Proulx examines the influence of the photographs’ presentation context on their reception, their capacity to evoke other images, as well as the correspondences that could emerge between them.
This project proposes three investigations into Raymonde April’s artwork Tout embrasser: two photographs extracted from its original 517 components; the eponymous publication which contains reproductions of the two exhibited photographs, revealing their relationship to the others in the April’s series; as well as a personal and narrative interpretation of the artist’s images.
http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/en/50years-activities-and-events.php
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION
TRAFFIC : CONCEPTUAL ART IN CANADA 1965-1980, Part 2
CURATING TRAFFIC
Panel Discussion
Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 1 pm
J.A. de Sève Cinema, LB-125
Concordia University
1400 de Maisonneuve West
Guy-Concordia metro station
FREE ADMISSION, in English
Curators Grant Arnold (Vancouver), Catherine Crowston (The Prairies and the Arctic), Barbara Fischer (Toronto), Michèle Thériault with Vincent Bonin (Montreal), and Jayne Wark with Peter Dykhuis (Halifax) will discuss Traffic as a collaborative curatorial model, providing insight into the process of bringing together an exhibition of this scale and scope.
http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/en/evenements.php
Image: Garry Neill Kennedy, My Fourth Grade Class, 1972, lithograph. Collection of NSCAD University. Courtesy of the artist and Anna Leonowens Gallery.
A few studio snapshots and works in progress - Beth Frey, 1st year Painting and Drawing MFA
Submitted by: Rickie Lea Owens
Photo Courtesy: Sara Tremblay
CYNTHIA GIRARD TALK WED. MARCH 14 12:30-1:30 VA-323
CYNTHIA GIRARD was born in Montréal, Canada, in 1969; she lives and works in Montréal. She studied art at the Université du Québec, Montréal (BA) and at Goldsmiths College, University of London (MA). Exhibitions include: Fictions sylvestres, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal(2005), Locked Up, Space London (2006),La secte de la souris volante, Oboro, Montréal (2007); Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme, La Triennale québécoise du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal (2008); Cynthia’s Revels, September Berlin (2009), The Black Glove and the Peacock, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina(2010) and Sweet Asbestos at former Meredith Keith Gallery, Toronto(2011). She is currently working on a new project that will be shown at Optica, Montreal( May 2012).
Cynthia Girard is also a writer, her most recent novel titled J’ai percé un trou dans ma tête was published in 2010.
Her work combines painting, installation and performance.
For more information, visit http://www.cynthiagirard.ca/
3 mars – 21 avril 2012 / March 3 – April 21, 2012
Nadia Myre : Meditations on Black Lake
David Spriggs : 4 Colour Separation
Laurent Lamarche : Magnification
3 mars – 7 avril 2012 / March 3 – April 7, 2012
Magalie Comeau : Le vertige de l’organe à habiter sur le vide. Les petites Architactrices.
Vernissage : le samedi 3 mars de 15h à 17h /
Opening reception: Saturday, March 3, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Brochure (PDF)
Resting liminally in pure existence and recreation, in mortality and memory, Temporal Immortality cogitates the dynamics of phenomenology such as perception and intentionality that are communicated in a live performance.
Friday, March 9th, at 7 pm - 7:45 pm, starting immediately at 7 pm.
MFA Gallery, VA-102, VA Building, 1395 René Lévesque Blvd. West.
Wine and bread (free but limited, unfortunately) will be served from 6:30 until 10 pm.
Submitted by: Summer Geraghty, Posted by: David
Germaine Koh : Artist Talk
Wed. Feb. 15, 12:30-1:30 VA-323
Germaine Koh is a Canadian visual artist based in Vancouver. Her conceptually-generated work is concerned with the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places. Her exhibition history includes the BALTIC Centre (Newcastle), De Appel (Amsterdam), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Bloomberg SPACE (London), The Power Plant (Toronto), Seoul Museum of Art, Artspace (Sydney), The British Museum (London), the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Plug In ICA (Winnipeg), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), and the Liverpool, Sydney and Montréal biennials. Koh was a recipient of the 2010 VIVA Award, and a finalist for the 2004 Sobey Art Award. Formerly an Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada, she is also an independent curator and partner in the independent record label weewerk. Koh is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.
Submitted by: Jenna
