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PAPIER 11: Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper

PAPIER 11
Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper / Foire d’art contemporain d’œuvres sur papier
14–17 April 2011 / 14–17 Avril 2011

English (Scroll down for French)

Contemporary Art Galleryies Association (AGAC) presents the 4th edition of Papier – Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper from 14 to 17 April 2011 at the Quartier des Spectacle, in the heart of Montréal.

This year, 38 galleries from Montréal, Québec, Toronto and Ottawa will participate in the fair representing over 1,000 artworks by over 400 artists which includes drawings, engravings, photographs, collages, installation and many more.

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What’s on this week: 28.03–03.04.2011

This week’s pick ‘n’ mix from Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Manchester, New York, Chicago, Brussel, Vienna and Berlin

Montreal

Chih-Chien Wang “Cabbage Flower #2” (2011)
Image courtesy of the artist and Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain

Chih-Chien Wang “Short Sentences” at Pierre François Ouellette Art Contemporain,
through 7 May 2011

Fred Laforge “ИСЧЕЗНОВЕНИЕ” at Occurrence, through 30 April 2011

“Memento Mori/Bone Again” at Art Mur, through 23 April, 2011. Artists: Shawn Ayerst, Colleen McLaughlin Barlow, Simon Bilodeau, Julien Boily, Jean-Robert Drouillard, Al Farrow, Sarah Garzoni, Catherine Heard, Damien Hirst, Spring Hurlbut, Laura Kikauka, Sarah Perry, Nicholas & Sheila Pye, Bevan Ramsay, Christoph Steinmeyer, Karine Turcot, Brandon Vickerd and Colleen Wolstenholme

“The Unknown Artist – Unit 2: Named Absence/Anonymous Presence” Nathalie Quagliotto, Il/elle incarne l’artiste inconnu, Sophie Castonguay at Centre des arts actuels Skol,
through 2 April 2011. Last Chance to see!

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SéminArts – Discover the contemporary art collector in you

Look in the mirror, do you see an art collector? Have you ever said to yourself while looking at a work of art, “I wish I could bring this one home”? If so, why not give it a go. These days art collecting is much more accessible and affordable to anyone with a bit of spare cash, ready to indulge. Collecting art is not so different from buying shoes, bags, watches, cars, stocks and so on. Art prices range from bargain to luxury levels, and of course, it’s all about names, as between H&M and Gucci. The major difference however, is that art works tend to increase more steadily in value then other collectables.

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What’s on this week: 21.03–27.03.2011

Montréal

FIFA (Festival International du Film sur l’Art/International Festival of Films on Art) various venues, through 27 March 2011. Programmes includes Olafur Eliasson: Space is process (2010 dir. Jacob Jørgensen, Henrik Lundø), William Kentridge: Anything is possible (2010 dir. Susan Sollins, Charles Atlas), Jean-Michel Basquiat (2010 dir. Jean Michel Vecchiet), Zaha Hadid: Lioness among lions (2009 dir. Horst Brandenburg), Futurism: An Art/Life Movement (2010 der.Luca Verdone), Annette Messager: Pudique et publique (2010 dir. Heinz Peter Schwerfel), and many many more.

Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo at Galerie Push, 24 March–23 April 2011. (Opening on Thursday
24 March 2011 6–9pm)

Chih-Chen Wang “Short Sentences” at Pierre Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain,
26 March–7 May 2011 (Opening on Saturday 26 March 2011 2.30-5.00pm)

Florine Leoni/Sylvain Baumann “Persistence” at Circa, through 16 April 2011.

“Voices of Fire: Toward a post Postmodern theory of abstraction” at Galerie [SAS], through
16 April 2011. Curated by Benjamin Klein. Artists: Ashleigh Bartlett, Sarah Cale, Pierre Julien, Megan Hepburn and Scott Bertram.

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“Bye Bye Kitty” at Japan Society, New York

Currently on view: New York
Bye Bye Kitty!!!
Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art
at Japan Society
18 March – 12 June 2011

[Press Release]

Curated by David Elliott, founding Director of the Mori Art Museum, Bye Bye Kitty!!! is a radical departure from recent Japanese exhibitions. Moving far beyond the stereotypes of kawaii and otaku culture, Japan Society’s show features sixteen emerging and mid-career artists whose paintings, objects, photographs, videos, and installations meld traditional styles with challenging visions of Japan’s troubled present and uncertain future. Each of the three sections, “Critical Memory,” “Threatened Nature,” and “Unquiet Dream,” not only offers a feast for the senses but also demolishes our preconceptions about contemporary Japan and its art.

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Review: Hiraki Sawa “O“

Currently on view: New York
James Cohan Gallery
533 West 26th Street New York NY 10001
17 February – 26 March 2011

caption= “O, 2009 (installation view, 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art) dimensions variable, ©Courtesy of the artist

James Cohan’s New York gallery is currently showing works by Hiraki Sawa, a solo exhibition appropriately entitled “O” (notice the italisation), which gives us an accurate indication of the topic and format of the work therein, mostly all round, turning or in a state of flux.

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What’s on this week: 14.03–20.03.2011

Montréal

Kelly Mark “Letraset !@$’S” @ Silverflag, through 02 April. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Darling Foundry.

Kelly Mark “Public Disturbance HB Series Take1/Take2/Take3” @ Darling Foundry,
through 10 April 2011

AELab “L’espace du milieu” at Darling Foundry, through 10 April 2011

“ The Sum of some” by John Marriott and “3 out of 5 ain’t bad” by Team Macho @ Optica, through 16 April 2011

Annual MFA Group show “Collision” at Parisian Laundry, 17 March – 9 April 2011 (Opening on
Thurs 17 March2011 6–9pm)

“Call it a good marriage”, at Battat Contemporary, 15 March – 23 April 2011 (Opening on Tues 15 March 2011 6–8pm)

Kent Monkman “My Treaty is With the Crown” @ Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen,
through 16 April 2011

Ceal Floyer @ DHC/ART, through 16 May 2011

Anri Sala @ Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, through 25 April 2011

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Pascal Grandmaison: Half of the Darkness

Currently on view: Luxemburg
At Casino Luxembourg / Forum d’art contemporain
29 January 2011 – 1 May 2011 / 29 janvier 2011 – 1 mai 2011

Exhibition view ©courtesy of the artist

[Press release EN]

With Half of the Darkness, Pascal Grandmaison (born in 1975; lives and works in Montreal, Canada) is enjoying his first solo exhibition in Europe, having mostly previously exhibited in Canada and the United States.

The title of the exhibition refers to the eponymous imposing artwork installed in the former ballroom of Casino Luxembourg and composed of 356 photos in black and white placed on four low plinths. Half of the Darkness condenses the artistic discourse of Pascal Grandmaison in recent years and weaves links with other (series of) artworks through a subtle game of formal and conceptual analogies.

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Review: Fiona Tan “Rise and Fall”

Currently On View: Montréal
Galerie de l’UQAM. Curated by Bruce Grenville.
26th Feb 2011 – 16th April 2011


“Rise and Fall” (2009) courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery

Fiona Tan’s exhibition “Rise and Fall” has started its journey from Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland, via Vancouver Art Gallery, Freer & Sackler Gallery in Washington DC and it is currently on view at Galerie de UQAM as its final tour date.

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M-KOS List The Top 100 Canadian Artist

People love to find out about our world in a vertical order: Who’s richest, who’s the best and worst dressed, which is the greatest city to live in, and so on. Art is no exception. Art Review, for example, publishes its ‘Power 100’ list every November since 2002, to give us insight of whom we should be rubbing shoulders with at the next private view.

 

We all agree that art in its purest form can only be subjective, and therefore a hierarchical ordering will seem to some as misleading. But the politics and practicalities of art as commodity inevitably demand an objective value for artworks in the real world, creating tensions between what the market determines as valid and what art professionals acknowledge as credible. M_KOS actually find this tension healthy, and as opposed to over-protecting itself by isolation, art needs to come to terms with its own commodification, which is nowadays the condition for art to circulate and be seen. The later rings particularly true with Canadian art. Inversely, the total absence of artist accomplishment guidelines would probably allow more relativity than subjectivity, leaving us stranded in an unchartered constellation of self-proclaimed stars.

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