May 31st: Over 35 artists for Galerie Fringe!

Fringe de Montréal & Studio Béluga is presenting a group exhibition to kick off the popular Montreal Fringe Festival. Over 35 artists, including this blog's Willy the Bum, is displaying their art pieces to start with a bang!

Check our post for details here, or visit the Montreal Fringe site for other productions, plays and events!

Enzo & Willy

Sunday, February 26, 2012

9e Édition de Nuit Blanche à Montréal - photos I

En Masse for the masses, at Centre Eaton...


At the Belgo: What keeps you awake at night, at Studio 427...


One random year at Visual Voice Art Gallery...

prOn at Galerie Pangée...

hectic crowd at Kasani... buy something!


at Galerie A-B...


at Galerie Joyce Yahouda: The Cantankerous Krank...

...aka Maestro Wilhelm Wurstfinger (Adrian Norvid)!

More below...
Photos courtesy of Willy the Bum

9e Édition de Nuit Blanche à Montréal - photos II

What joyous music, Maestro Wilhelm Wurstfinger...

Outside Place Des Arts...

At Complexe Desjardins...


Quagliotto's Maturity Slide, in effect...


Oy, what a mess...

At Palais des Congrès...


What's inside the mystery tilted box?

Underneath Centre de Commerce Mondial...


A great Nuit Blanche to remember... Enjoy!
Photos courtesy of Willy the Bum

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Art visits on Saturday's 9th edition of Nuit Blanche!

So much to see, so little time to do it in one day... so why not an all-nighter then?!

Amazing art is spilling over the city of creativity as Montreal is hosting the 9th edition of Nuit Blanche this Saturday (February 25th, starting in the morning and done the next day!)

Here are a few stops you should take to check out upcoming artists' night of glory:

NATHALIE QUAGLIOTTO's MATURITY BEND
sculpture/instillation
part of Art Souterrain, Nuit Blanche à Montréal

located at Zone 2 - Complexe Desjardins
Place-d'Armes (metro Place-d'Armes)

The artist will be in presence from 6:00pm to 3:00am.

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WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT?
A group exhibit showcasing fourteen local artists on answering a simple question that leads to unlimited exploration:

Emily Comeau, Rachel Crummey, Tara Dupuis, Laura Findlay, Kerri Flannigan, Samuel Garrigo Meza, Edwin Janzen, Katie McDonald, Paige McLachlan, Becky Patrick, Jenny Schade, Stephanie Vriend, Jessica Wee, Jonathan Yu


9:00pm to 3:00am
at Studio 427 in the Belgo Building
372 Sainte-Catherine Ouest #427
(metro Place Des Arts)

For more exhibit listings on Saturday's event at the Belgo, check the blog link from the Belgo Report!

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(Note: this exhibit is not part of the festival, but nonetheless visit anyways!)
LOCATE ME
a residency exhibition of three artists on the aspect of location and disorientation:

Dani Lamorte - Manuel Mathieu - Sophia Erdahl


*On Nuit Blanche, same time as opening hours: 1:00pm - 6:00pm

February 15th - 29th
Studio Béluga
160 St-Viateur Est, suite 508A
(metro Laurier)

Review link from Arch Magazine website

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TRANSMUTE
Ten artists on the case between nature and culture:

Geneviève Gallant, Edwin Jansen, Gillian King, Jessica Lau, Tiffany Moore, Kyle Patrick, Bettina Szabo, Laurence Vallières, Sarah Zakaib, and music by DJ N.D.M.A.

6:00pm to 3:00am
at Fresh Paint Gallery
180 Saint-Catherine Est
(metro St-Laurent)

Main link for TRANSMUTE

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For more art visits during Nuit Blanche's Saturday all-nighter, click for the main site:

See ya on Saturday!

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

TRAFFIC: CONCEPT ART IN CANADA - Leonard & Bina Ellen exhibition

Excerpt from press release:

In the past decade, the global impact of conceptual art has been the subject of numerous historical studies and exhibitions. Its various manifestations in Canada, however, have remained a limited concern. Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 is the first major exhibition to track the influence and diversity of conceptual art across Canada, bringing together works by over 70 artists who participated locally in this international phenomenon.

Conceptual art practices in Montréal cannot be dissociated from the political, social, and cultural turmoil of the time, marked by the modernization of state institutions, the democratization of culture, and francophone Québec’s project of national sovereignty. Many of the most prominent practitioners of conceptual art were anglophone (Tom Dean, Suzy Lake, Bill Vazan), however francophone artists (Rober Racine, Françoise Sullivan, Serge Tousignant) were equally drawn to dematerialized, interdisciplinary, and experimental approach to art-making, as an alternate way to inscribe themselves in Québec’s program of cultural modernization.


Click here for the full press release page on the Leonard & Bina Ellen gallery site.

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TRAFFIC: CONCEPTUAL ART IN CANADA 1965-1980
Part 1: Montreal + Toronto + Guelph + London

January 14 - February 25, 2012
Free admission (for opening hours, click here.)
at
Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen
Concordia University - McConnell Library Building
1400 blvd. de Maisonneuve West
(Métro Guy-Concordia, between Mackay and Bishop)

ellengallery.concordia.ca

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