Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Charles-Frédérick Ouellet
[October 27, 2020] By Sylvain Campeau The title of a photographic series is the first contact that we have with it. It therefore, inevitably, determines what we will think of the photographs, and what we will find in them. This relationship, though primordial, often goes unnoticed. Paradoxically, that means that the title has played its […]
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Adam Basanta
November 26, 2019 — Originally published in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 112 - COLLECTIONS REVISITED | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Velibor Božović
[Summer 2019] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Galerie Patrick Mikhail, Montréal Du 5 janvier au 16 février 2019 By Sylvain Campeau (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. Available here […]
Ciel variable 112 - COLLECTIONS REVISITED | Portfolios
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Bertrand Carrière
[Summer 2019] By Sylvain Campeau [Excerpt] Bertrand Carrière has had a long relationship with the film world. Before establishing himself as an artist, he took many pictures as a soundstage photographer. But such images must not be seen solely as the result of a professional practice that imposed frameworks and constraints on the creation of […]
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Martin Désilets
April 3, 2019 — Originally published in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 110 - MIGRATION | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Andreas Gursky
[Fall 2018] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Commissaire : Ralph Rugoff Hayward Gallery, Londres Du 25 janvier au 22 avril 2018 Par Sylvain Campeau (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete […]
Ciel variable 110 - MIGRATION | Portfolios
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Richard Mosse
[Fall 2018] By Sylvain Campeau [Excerpt] Presented in this year’s edition of the annual Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival in Toronto, this exhibition was probably the festival’s centrepiece.1 It is a collection of works that seem to emanate from two series produced by Irish photographer Richard Mosse: The Castle, from which no doubt the most important […]
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Jacynthe Carrier
September 10, 2018 — Originally published in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Myriam Yates
15 mai 2018 — Originally published in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 109 - REVISIT | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Bill Viola
[Spring-Summer 2018] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. DHC/Art, Montréal Du 25 octobre 2017 au 11 mars 2018 By Sylvain Campeau (French only) [See the printed or digital version of the magazine for the complete article. On sale here […]
Ciel variable 108 - GOING PUBLIC | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Chih-Chien Wang
[Winter 2018] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. L’hiver nous lie, puis vient le printemps Pierre-François Ouellette Art contemporain Du 31 août au 30 septembre 2017 Par Sylvain Campeau (French only) [See the printed or digital version of […]
Ciel variable 107 - RUINS | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Léna Mill-Reuillard, Sara A. Tremblay
October 27, 2020 [originally published in French only in CV107 in Fall 2017] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 107 - RUINS | Portfolios
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Joan Fontcuberta
January 11, 2021 [originally published in CV107 in Fall 2017] — In his work, Joan Fontcuberta explores the effects of the real and the capacity for truth generated by the technological image, in order to denounce the authoritarian discourses regarding information and knowledge. His other subjects include nature and the functions of the image in digital culture.
Ciel variable 106 - TREES, ICE, AND CLOUDS | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Manon Labrecque
May 26, 2020 [originally published in CV106 in Spring 2017] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 106 - TREES, ICE, AND CLOUDS | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Jacynthe Carrier
June 18, 2020 [originally published in CV106 in Spring 2017] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 105 – MONTREALITIES | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Emmanuelle Léonard, Isabelle Hayeur, Sébastien Cliche
March 31, 2020 [originally published in CV105 in Winter 2017] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 104 - FROM ANOTHER ANGLE | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Marie-Claire Blais, Pascal Grandmaison
February 5, 2020 [originally published in CV104 in Fall 2016] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 104 - FROM ANOTHER ANGLE | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Walid Raad
February 18, 2020 [originally published in CV104 in Fall 2016] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 103 - NATURE | Book Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Bertrand Carrière
November 11, 2019 [originally published in CV103 in Spring 2016] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 103 - NATURE | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Thomas Kneubühler
December 9, 2019 [originally published in CV103 in Spring 2016] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 101 - STRATA | Essays
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Doug Rickard, Jon Rafman, Michael Wolf, Mishka Henner
August 5, 2019 [originally published in CV101 in Fall 2015] — It has been a few years now since artists discovered that they could put Google Street View to artistic and critical use. The best-known case is no doubt Jon Rafman, who is pursuing – inexorably, I might be tempted to say – his 9-eyes project, for which he shamelessly pillages the Internet image bank that contains pictures taken by directional cameras affixed to Google Street View (GSV) cars…
Ciel variable 99 - HABITAT | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Gwenaël Bélanger
February 4, 2019 [originally published in CV99 in Winter 2015] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 98 – ABSTRACTION | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Bettina Hoffmann
Novembre 28, 2018 [originally published in CV98 in Fall 2014] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.
Ciel variable 98 – ABSTRACTION | Portfolios
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Henri Venne
January 14, 2019 [originally published in CV98 in Fall 2014] — Henri Venne is a painter. It is painted matter that interests him. It is in this medium that he was educated, and it is also how he defines himself. Henri Venne is also a photographer, as the works that emerge from his creative process are photographs. He is also interested in how images are imbued with visual effects, places for various reflections…