Jeune photographie 1996, Fuite et repaire, second volet – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle

[Spring 1997] Dazibao, Montreal November 14 – December 15, 1996 Photographic images have more to do with ideas and impressions than with their material contingencies. Truism? At this point in time, yes. Nonetheless, the notion of photography as thought, as opposed to document, was served up as one of the main discourses in the second […]

Pierre Guimond, Sept villes – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Pierre Guimond

[Spring 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal Du 24 octobre au 1er décembre 1996

Chuck Samuels – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Chuck Samuels

[Winter 1996-1997] Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal October 5–November 24, 1996 How about a crash course in the history of the female nude in photography? How about replacing the female models with Adam himself? That, in a nutshell, is what Montreal photographer Chuck Samuels’s Before the Camera is about. Presented as part of CIAC’s […]

Bertrand Carrière – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Bertrand Carrière

[Winter 1996-1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Du 1er juillet au 4 septembre 1996

Œuvres de guerre. Les femmes, la photographie et l’art de la guerre – Marie-Jeanne Musiol

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Authors: Marie-Jeanne Musiol

[Winter 1996-1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Musée canadien de la photographie contemporaine Du 20 septembre au 15 décembre 1996

Frederic Law Olmsted en perspective. Photographies de Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander et Geoffrey James – Franck Michel

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Authors: Franck Michel

[Winter 1996-1997] Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal Du 16 octobre 1996 au 2 février 1997

Travel Journals, Part I – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Geoffrey James

[Fall 1996] Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal May 2–July 28, 1996 From Homer’s Odyssey to Kerouac’s On the Road and beyond, travel has provided inspiration for countless tales. Part of the attraction lies in break­ing boundaries, in widening the realm of the imaginary. Then there is what Voltaire’s nomadic characters Candide and Cacambo recognized […]

Dieter Appelt : La catastrophe des choses – Suzie Larivée

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Authors: François Dion | Artists: Dieter Appelt

[Fall 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal Du 17 avril au 4 août 1996

Fabrications – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: David Rasmus

[Summer 1996] Galerie Dazibao, Montreal April 6–May 5, 1996 Issues of ethnic, racial, and gender identity have been riding high on the “top ten” of exhibition themes for quite some time now. As a result, art has increas­ingly adopted the documentary form to varying degrees. But in this cacophony of artistic commentary on the politics […]

Sarla Voyer, Objet de dérivation – Robert Legendre

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Authors: Robert Legendre | Artists: Sarla Voyer

[Summer 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Centre des Arts contemporains à Montréal Du 22 mars au 20 avril 1996

Lucie Duval, 25 images/seconde ; photographies détournées – Suzie Larivée

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Authors: Suzie Larivée | Artists: Lucie Duval

[Summer 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Galerie Vox Du 15 février au 17 mars 1996

Simon Glass – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Simon Glass

[Spring 1996] Galerie Vox, Montreal January 11–February 11, 1996 With his recent exhibition Yahweh!, Toronto-based photographer Simon Glass virtually transforms the rather small and narrow space of Galerie Vox into a shrine bringing to mind, of course, the perennial analogy between museums and cathedrals or, in this case, between gallery and temple. Four different groups […]

Énergie et aménagement : les villes industrielles planifiées du Québec, 1890-1950 – Franck Michel

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Authors: Franck Michel | Artists: Gabor Szilasi

[Spring 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Centre Canadien d’Architecture Du 6 mars au 26 mai 1996

Sylvie Readman, Reviviscence – Franck Michel

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Authors: Franck Michel | Artists: Sylvie Readman

[Spring 1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Galerie Samuel Lallouz du 25 novembre 1995 au 6 janvier 1996

Matière grise, les synecdoques de Louis Lussier – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Louis Lussier

[Winter 1995-1996] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. L’Espace 705, 460, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, espace 705 Du 6 septembre au 1er octobre 1995

Luis Molina-Pantin – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Luis Molina-Pantin

[Winter 1995-1996] Quartier Éphémère, Montreal September 12 – October 22, 1995 In his recent exhibition at Montreal’s Quartier Éphémère, Ana hotel series, San Francisco, Ca., the young San Francisco-based photographer Luis Molina-Pantin surveys the grandeur, emptiness, and sterile beauty of hotel interior. Five medium-to large-scale colour photographs reveal studied and Spartan compositions, in which a […]

Doreen Lindsay – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Doreen Lindsay

[Winter 1995-1996] Espace Trois, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal October 18-31, 1995 With the blatant exception of the human figure, it would be difficult to outweigh nature on the artistic agenda of recurring muses. Whether represented as a simple point of reference, romantically celebrated for its beauty and drama, or, of late, politically […]

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

Angela Grauerholz – Jennifer Couëlle

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Authors: Jennifer Couëlle | Artists: Angela Grauerholz

[Summer 1995] Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal January 27 to April 23, 1995 Expectations arc necessarily high for internationally recognized artists like Angela Grauerholz. High, and not always easy to meet. While the body of work of an artist should not be judged by any single exhibition, retrospectives excepted, certain exhibitions can be of disservice […]

Mireille Laguë, (Re)cadrer le corps réel – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Mireille Laguë

[Summer 1995] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.   Galerie Dazibao Du 1er au 30 avril 1995

Dieter Appelt – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Dieter Appelt

[Summer 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 Du 1er mars au 28 mai 1995