News and reviews of current and past print exhibitions at the Belgo.
En Masse artists are presenting their personal artworks at Galerie Pangée – in technicolour! Known for their enormous black-and-white collaborative murals, the Salon Masse showcases the artists’ personal projects, which range from screen prints to painted skateboards. The walls at Galerie Pangée are covered from floor to ceiling with quirky neo-pop art, large-scale drawings,...
In honour of the art fair PAPIER12 this weekend, this week’s selection of four noteworthy artworks in the galleries of the Belgo building are works on paper. Clockwise from top left: Sarah Bertrand-Hamel at Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Laurent Craste at Galerie SAS, David K. Ross at Galerie B-312, Amy Ball at Les Territoires
To mark their 20th anniversary, Galerie B-312 invited five artists to create a series of artworks based on the gallery’s twelve comment books. These unassuming, black-cover hardback books are the silent witnesses of two decades of art exhibitions, vernissages, and workshops. They may contain anything from a simple signature to a verbose critique, a...
Mathieu Jacques‘ Projet Populaire, currently showing at Arprim, is a experiment in cultural democracy. The project unites an artist and the general public to create the ultimate artwork: one which is loved by everyone. Mathieu Jacques started his project with a survey. Armed with a camera and a microphone he interviewed artists as well...
Roger Bellemare and Christian Lambert are presenting another star-studded exhibition: Mésures de Silence features artworks by A-list artists such as Joseph Beuys, John Cage, Josef Albers, and Betty Goodwin. The works on display run the gamut from minimalist works (Galerie Bellemare’s forté), over small sculptures and objects, to representational paintings. What holds everything together...
This week’s selection of four remarkable artworks to be seen in the galleries of the Belgo deal with body, skin, and identity. Clockwise from top left: Fred Laforge at Galerie SAS, Germaine Koh at Galerie B-312, Céline Huyghebaert at Les Territoires, Maybe Winthrop Jones at Galerie Pangée
Arprim has been transformed into a brightly coloured construction zone. For their exhibition The Big Clean-Up artists Guillaume Brisson-Darveau and Pascaline Knight covered the walls and floors of the gallery space with hand-made wallpaper in a riot of sharply contrasting geometric patterns, all screen-printed on Tyvec Homewrap. The motifs are inspired by road signage...
Circa have just launched their annual fundraiser exhibition titled Ambiguïtés, featuring the works of 59 artists including Laurent Craste, Karine Giboulo, Gordie Ishizuka, Lisette Lemieux, Yves Louis-Seize, Maclean, and Judith Schwarz. Most works are sculptural, though there are a few prints, drawings and mixed media works included in the show. The quality of the...
Davide Bertocchi opens up a universe of possibilities. For his current show at Galerie Pangée titled Empirical Resolution Attempts, Bertocchi presents part of his ongoing project Spazio (Space), as well as a selection of sculptural pieces, all exploring the realm of astronomy. The work Spazio, started in 1999, consists of over 2,000 computer-generated images...
Over the last two weeks you may have spotted a man in a blue coverall prowling the corridors of the Belgo building, taping black paper squares and acetates on the walls, and screen printing all over the fourth floor. The man in question is Stefan Hoffmann, artist in residence at Arprim, who has been...
Highlighting outstanding art shows in the Belgo from 2008 - 2011.
