Still running at Optica is the exhibition Webcams and Chatrooms by Cheryl Sourkes. Sourkes presents a series of stills taken from random webcams, enlarged and printed onto glossy paper. The dithered colour palette and the strong, fuzzy pixellation lend these stark images a painterly feel. In the small gallery you’ll find a screening of...
Just started at the Visual Voice Art Gallery is the exhibition PAX by Jennifer Hamilton. The show consists of a series of army surplus tarps, cut into pieces to emphasize their materiality: rivets, seams and fasteners become aesthetic elements. Bold lettering is stenciled onto each tarp proclaiming messages of peace. Hamilton modified famous Latin...
Galerie Division just launched its newest exhibition titled Team Studio, featuring five emerging artists: Amber Albrecht, Katie Dutton, Allison Freeman, David Laquerre, and Rosemary Scanlon. Rosemary Scanlon On display are photographs, paintings, prints, and sculptures created by a group of Concordia graduates who are friends as well as ex-studio-mates. Interestingly, each artist has his...
Currently on show at Circa is the exhibit Combler le vide by Éric Sauvé. When you enter the main space of Circa the first thing you’ll notice is the jumble of crates constructed from slices of pink styrofoam, arranged in an artful chaos. The installation is dramatically lit, emphasizing the strong play of shadows....
You have another week to catch the exhibit Les Vases Communicants by Laurent Craste at Circa Entering the room you’ll see a re-creation of a typical conservative foyer: an oriental rug, wallpaper, and an armoire topped with two large urns and a decorative plate. It’ll take you a second or two to realize that...
Make sure you stop by Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain to see the exhibition Reflections by Adad Hannah. On display are both traditional photographs and the absolutely stunning series of Stills, which as first glance appear to be simply light-boxes but on closer observation reveal that they are in fact videos. Hannah sets up a...
Highlighting outstanding art shows in the Belgo from 2008 - 2011.
