Visual Art

Saturday May 19, 2012

Are all the artists red?

A number of Quebec artists have publicly voiced their support for the student strike. 

 

Over the weekend, Arcade Fire made headlines by wearing the iconic red square during a Saturday Night Live performance.

 

Last week in Cannes, filmmaker Xavier Dolan and the cast of his flim Laurence Anyways also donned the red square.

But columnist Sophie Durocher wonders, Les artistes sont-ils tous rouges? Are all the artists red? 

Sophie writes for the Journal de Montreal and Clin d'oeil. She's also a well-known Quebec television host. 

 

Listen to her conversation with Jeanette Kelly, host of Cinq à Six.

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Categories: Theatre, Visual Art, Writers, music

 

Friday May 4, 2012

Quebec City biennial examines man's relationship with machines

The Quebec City arts biennial, the Manif d'art, is in it's 6th year. 

It features the work of 80 artist in at more than 30 locations, including the main exhibition area at the Espace 400e, as well as at some sites outside of the city like Lévis and Wendake.  

The theme of this year's edition is Machines: The shapes of movement. 

Listen to an interview with curator Nicole Gingras, followed by an interview with Manif d'art's Patrick Fournier about an international exhibition by Manif d'art taking place right now in Mexico. 

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Categories: Visual Art

 

Wednesday April 25, 2012

Judging Books by their Covers

Remember the old saying, "You can't judge a book by its cover"? 

Conventional thinking was that it's the ideas inside that matter, not the packaging. 

That adage seemed to make sense, but it's little less certain now. As e-books become more and more popular, the very existence of the book as a physical objects is being brought into question. 

The SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art in Montreal is holding an exhibition called Judging books by their Covers. 

Considering that things may be very different for future generations, the exhibition looks at the role books have taken on our lives. 

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Listen to Jeanette's interview with curator Peter White. 

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(Photo credit: Tanya Birkbeck)

Categories: Books, Visual Art

 

• May 2012
  • Sat., 19 – Are all the artists red?
     
  • Fri., 4 – Quebec City biennial examines man's relationship with machines
     
• April 2012
  • Wed., 25 – Judging Books by their Covers
     
  • Fri., 20 – École de la montagne rouge
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Arts students in the protest movement
     
• February 2012
  • Sat., 18 – Gaëtane Verna has the power
     
  • Mon., 13 – Art by women in 2012
     
  • Sat., 4 – Wangechi Mutu at the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
     
• January 2012
  • Sat., 14 – Winter culture in Canadian art
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 9 – Window Dressing
     
  • Sat., 3 – The Canada Notebook
     
• November 2011
  • Sat., 19 – New energy in the Quebec contemporary art scene
     
  • Sat., 19 – An art lover's dream job
     
  • Sat., 19 – Francois Rochon's private collection
     
  • Sat., 12 – Liberté! Liberté?
     
• October 2011
  • Sat., 29 – Scent Sculptor
     
  • Fri., 28 – Occupy Montreal
     
  • Fri., 21 – Farming on Film
     
  • Sat., 8 – New pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art
     
• September 2011
  • Sat., 24 – Art: What's the Point?
     
  • Sat., 17 – Daytrip to Joliette
     
• June 2011
  • Sat., 18 – Art à la table
     
  • Fri., 10 – SOS Richelieu
     
• May 2011
  • Sat., 28 – Masq'alors
     
• April 2011
  • Sat., 30 – Painting the Royal Couple
     
  • Sat., 16 – Marc Séguin
     
• February 2011
  • Tue., 22 – Corno's Art and Desire