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Michael Flomen – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Michael Flomen

[Fall 1995] Galerie Vox, Montreal May 27 to June 25 1995 Elegance is what first comes to mind when crossing the threshold of Galerie Vox where Montreal artist Michael Flomen has exhibited a series of twelve black-and-white photographs under the title Imminent Ground. The type of elegance that comes from assurance, from the combination of […]

Xavier Nuez – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Xavier Nuez

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Galerie Stornaway

Terry Atkinson, Jeff Wall Dead Troops Talk – John Zeppetelli

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Authors: John Zeppetelli

[Fall 1995] Wiese Verlag, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1993 50 pp., 21 ill. (5 col.), $ 28.00 Hijacking large-format transparencies in backlit display cases from advertising, and stealing the meticulous orchestration of detail, lighting, and rehearsal from film production, while also subscribing to the nineteenth-century imperative that the artist should be a peintre de la vie moderne, […]

Nicole Gingras, Les absences de la photographie = The Absence of Photography – Karen Wong

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Authors: Karen Wong

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Cinéma Libre, Montréal, 1994, 23 x 16 cm, 64 p., 53 ill. (I en coul.), 10,00 $.

Philippe Cyroulnik, Michèle Waquant & Michel Enrici, Michèle Waquant – François Dion

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Authors: François Dion | Artists: Michèle Waquant

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1994, 35 x 26 cm, 28 p., 21 ill. (6 en coul.), 25,00 $.

Le jeu du temps – Jean-Claude Lemagny (Supplement)

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Authors: Jean-Claude Lemagny

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. A history, a perspective, a place – Pierre Dessureault (Supplement)

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Authors: Pierre Dessureault

[Fall 1995] by Pierre Dessureault A museum is not only the sum of the objects in its collections but the history of an institution and a perspective on a particular area of creative expression. The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, formerly the Still Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada, was established in […]

… d’une certaine tradition – Emmanuelle Léonard et Eugénie Robitaille

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Authors: Emmanuelle Léonard, Eugénie Robitaille

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Fiction – Sharon Harper

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Authors: Sharon Harper

[Fall 1995] by Sharon Harper A certain tendency, a tradition, germinated in Québec several decades ago with the work of John Max, through to that of Raymonde April and Michel Campeau. Recently, the second set of leaves in this growing tradition has started to open itself up to the photographic community and the art-going public. […]

La présence de la photographie dans les collections des musées. Spécificité d’un médium… d’une culture – Marie-Josée Jean (Supplément)

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Authors: Marie-Josée Jean

[Fall 1995] by Marie-Josée Jean Conference and exhibitions co-ordinator Since it was invented, photography has been recognized for the sensitivity and intensity of its formal expression. With the rise of modernism, attention was brought to bear on the ability of photography to crystallize fleeting moments. This ambivalent relationship between the literal and the figurative led […]

Fiction – Robert Legendre

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Authors: Robert Legendre

[Fall 1995] by Robert Legendre The research group formed of Concordia University students directed by Professor Penny Cousineau, some of whose work we are presenting in this portfolio, is composed of Gema Alberto, Marie-Josée Desrochers, Loren Williams, Emmanuelle Léonard, Sharon Harper, Steve Leroux, Eugénie Robitaille, Xuan-Hui Nguyen, Jackie Wexler, Martin Villeneuve, Nicholas Michel, and Yan […]

Y a-t-il une nouvelle tendance en photographie au Québec? – Steve Leroux

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Authors: Steve Leroux | Artists: Anne-Marie Zeppetelli, Gérald Gaudet, Jean-Jacques Ringuette, Miki Gingras, Stéphane Beaulieu, Susan Coolen, Suzanne Grégoire

[Fall 1995] 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 – 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 […]

Clara Gutsche, David Miller – Pierre Dessureault, Dialogue (Supplement)

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Authors: Pierre Dessureault | Artists: Clara Gutsche, David Miller

[Fall 1995] by Pierre Dessureault Associated curator, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa Since settling in Montreal on their arrival in Canada, Clara Gutsche and David Miller have worked together on many projects, producing a remarkable body of photographic work that portrays the city and its residents. There are few examples of couples in photography […]

Randy Koroluk – Mona Hakim, Circumvolution

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Randy Koroluk

[Fall 1995] by Mona Hakim Randy Koroluk’s photographs do not lend themselves to being viewed in a contemplative manner. Our eye ceaselessly wanders from plane to plane, finally being propelled in circumvolutions in many of the works. In other cases, our gaze glides along the linear marks of the motifs that stream down from the […]

Michel Lamothe – Philippe Dubois, Michel Lamothe ou l’homme qui fait respirer les images

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Authors: Philippe Dubois | Artists: Michel Lamothe

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Carol Dallaire – Francine Dagenais, Taking leave of the focal point

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Authors: Francine Dagenais | Artists: Carol Dallaire

[Fall 1995] by Francine Dagenais Related articles: Portfolio : Carol Dallaire, LE COMPLET BLEU ou l’apparence des choses qui ne sont pas des sons (French only) Article : Carol Dallaire – Marie-Josée Jean, L’image transmuée (French only) The album titled Le complet bleu ou l’apparence des choses qui ne sont pas des sons (The […]

Carol Dallaire – Marie-Josée Jean, L’image transmuée

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Authors: Marie-Josée Jean | Artists: Carol Dallaire

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Related articles: Portfolio : Carol Dallaire, LE COMPLET BLEU ou l’apparence des choses qui ne sont pas des sons (French only) Article : Carol Dallaire – Francine Dagenais, Taking leave […]

Carol Dallaire, LE COMPLET BLEU ou l’apparence des choses qui ne sont pas des sons

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Artists: Carol Dallaire

[Fall 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Related articles: Article 1 : Carol Dallaire – Marie-Josée Jean, L’image transmuée (French only) Article 2 : Carol Dallaire – Francine Dagenais, Taking leave of the focal point

Editorial

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Authors: Robert Legendre

[Fall 1995] by Robert Legendre Major artistic events both in concept and in scale, the MOIS DE LA PHOTO events are biennial exhibitions held in a number of big cities around the world. For the past eight years, under the auspices of the Vox Populi group, Montreal has been Canada’s host city for this event. […]