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Camerart. Art from the Point of View of Photography — Pierre Dessureault

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Authors: Pierre Dessureault | Artists: Charles Gagnon

[Winter 2019] By Pierre Dessureault [Excerpt] The exhibition Camerart, produced by Galerie Optica and presented in Montreal from December 16, 1974, to January 14, 1975, was a pivotal event in the photography/art debate in Quebec. Although a place in the art market had been carved out for photography in the late 1960s, museums were proceeding […]

Charles Gagnon | Emmanuelle Léonard, Le huitième jour – Pierre Dessureault, Expo 67: The Christian Pavilion and Le huitième jour

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Authors: Pierre Dessureault | Artists: Charles Gagnon, Emmanuelle Léonard

[Spring-Summer 2018] By Pierre Dessureault [Excerpt] At Expo 67, a huge celebration of human progress and great festival of the image in all of its technological and expressive possibilities, the Christian Pavilion designed by Charles Gagnon offered a counterpoint to the event’s sea of triumphant optimism. This small pavilion, conceived by its designer as a […]

Charles Gagnon, 4 Films – Christian Roy

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Authors: Christian Roy | Artists: Charles Gagnon

January 31, 2017 [originally published in French in CV89 in 2011] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Charles Gagnon – James D. Campbell

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Authors: James D. Campbell | Artists: Charles Gagnon

[Summer 2008] Galerie Roger Bellemare, Montreal October 6 – October 27, 2007 The stark elegance of Charles Gagnon’s photographic oeuvre is one of its defining characteristics. It is always, however, underscored by powerfully enigmatic markers. Those indexical markers are like fingers pointing to unseen presences – or a transcendent reality. Gagnon was always a champion […]

Le flâneur et l’allégorie, Essai sur la photographie de Charles Gagnon – Elitza Dulguerova

Ciel variable 77 – CULTURAL TOURISM | Book Reviews
Authors: Elitza Dulguerova, Olivier Asselin | Artists: Charles Gagnon

[Fall 2007] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Montréal, Dazibao, collection « Études », 2006, 134 p.

The Bigger Picture – Karen Love, The Bigger Picture: Portraits from Ottawa

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Authors: Karen Love | Artists: Alexandre Castonguay, Allan MacKay, Arnaud Maggs, Barbara Woodley, Charles Gagnon, Chris Lund, Chris Mikula, David Barbour, David Cation, Duncan Cameron, Evergon, Germaine Koh, Jeffrey Thomas, Jerry Grey, Justin Wonnacott, Ken Lum, Larissa Fassler, Lynn Ball, Max Dean, Michael Schreier, Michael Snow, Paul Couvrette, Rod MacIvor, Sylvain Cousineau, Tony Fouhse, Trevor Gould

[Winter 2003] The Bigger Picture: Portraits from Ottawa, organized for the Ottawa Art Gallery by Karen Love, gathers together over 200 Ottawa portraits by 78 image-makers, presented thematically in order to provoke a range of questions about how we understand the idea of a portrait. No longer simply an accurate depiction of physical characteristics or […]

Charles Gagnon, Observations – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Charles Gagnon

[Fall 1998] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Musée du Québec Du 6 mai au 27 septembre 1998

Musée du Québec – Presence of Photography in the Musée du Québec Collection – Claude Thibault

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Authors: Claude Thibault | Artists: Charles Gagnon, Frederick Simpson Coburn, Serge Clément

[Fall 1995] by Claude Thibault Curator of Photography, Musée du Québec In early 1994, the Musée du Québec decided to create a sector devoted specifically to photography. A number of reasons sparked the adoption of this policy. First, the project fits naturally into its development program in its role of curator of our artistic heritage […]