Memorable Exhibitions 2015

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As we reach the end of 2015, M-KOS again invited a selection of art professionals for our fifth annual survey to share their most memorable exhibitions, art works, performances, events and other moments of this past year. All these were memorable from the perspectives of our invited reviewers, yet surely some entries can be debated by our readers joining us in the comments section below. All are welcome to suggest any other must see art moment in this year’s art listings.

This year’s participants include: Jonathan Shaughnessy (Associate curator, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa); Cheryl Sim (Curator, DHC/ART, Montreal); Thomas Kneubühler (Artist, Montreal/Switzerland); Dominique Fontaine (Independent curator/Founding director of aPOSteRIORI, Montreal); Guy Sangster Adams (Editor, Plectrum – The Cultural Pick, London, UK); Maria Ezcurra (Artist/Art educator, Montreal/Mexico); Romeo Gongora (Artist, Montreal); Karen Tam (Artist, Montreal); Stephen Connolly (Film maker, London, UK); Oli Sorenson (Artist/Editor, M-KOS, Montreal); Miwa Kojima (Managing editor, M-KOS, Montreal)
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Thomas Kneubühler “Dark Matter” at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, RIDM Headquaters & Galerie B-312, Montréal

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THOMAS KNEUBÜHLER
DARK MATTER

11 NOVEMBER – 19 DECEMBER 2015
(Vernissage: 12 November 2015, 17.00 – 20.00)
PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY

12 – 22 NOVEMBER 2015
(Vernissage: 13 November 2015, 17.00 – 19.00)
RIDM HEADQUARTERS

19 NOVEMBER – 19 DECEMBER 2015
(Vernissage: 19 November 2015, 17.30)
GALERIE B-312

 

Dark Matter is a three part exhibition by Thomas Kneubühler, a Swiss artist based in Montréal, presented at different venues across Montréal – Patrick Mikhail Gallery, RIDM Headquaters and Galerie B-312. Dark Matter unites Days in Night and Land Claim, two of Kneubühler’s recent projects. Produced as the result of an artist residency at CFS Alert, a military and research station in the high Arctic located 800 km from the North Pole, Days in Night examines the phenomenon of 24 hour-long polar nights, an experience of living in the dark and the limits of how much one can see. (shown at Patrick Mikhail Glalery and RIDM Headquarters) Similarly, Land Claim (shown at Galerie B-312) investigates mining conditions in Northern Quebec, a highly controlled territory hidden from the public eye and its connection to global markets. Thomas Kneubühler is interviewed below about his upcoming exhibition series, by fellow artist Andreas Rutkauskas Continue reading “Thomas Kneubühler “Dark Matter” at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, RIDM Headquaters & Galerie B-312, Montréal”