Work by Jillian McDonald at Centre CLARK
As the city’s galleries continue to roll out their winter programming, this week is stacked with show openings and special events for you to chew on, so let’s get started, shall we?
First up, Wednesday sees vernissages both uptown and down. Two shows at Parisian Laundry open tonight, including Drop, Drop Slow Tears by Janet Werner, with slightly off-kilter portraits of anonymous individuals. 3550 St-Antoine W., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 6-9 p.m.
If Mile End is more your scene, head to le Dépanneur Café to see socially conscious street artist Swarm show recent works with a galactic reach at the vernissage for Boundless. 206 Bernard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7–9 p.m.
Thursday is a full day, with five different vernissages to choose from, but two of them are conveniently in the same building, at 5455 de Gaspé. Head to Diagonale in unit #110 first for the vernissage of Valerie Kolakis’s Chara, reflecting on the combinations of inputs that drive our development of space, with the Bauhaus-heavy build-up of 1950’s Athens as a backdrop. Take note: this vernissage doubles as the launch party for issue #83 of esse art + opinions. 5455 de Gaspé, #110, Thursday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
Later, head down the hall to Centre CLARK in #114 for a double vernissage including Valley of the Deer by Jillian McDonald. The exhibit, created while in residency in Scotland, involves video projections of Scottish landscapes inhabited by ghostly humans with animal heads. This is one exhibit you can take with you, via a smartphone app loaded with neighbourhood hotspots at which McDonald’s masked characters greet you through augmented reality. 5455 de Gaspé, #114, Thursday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.
Friday sees three shows open in the Belgo including print-arts dedicated space Arprim’s installation of Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf’s exhibition, Catalogue des apocalypses ordinaires. For this show, the pop-culture inspired Phaneuf uses photocopies and other low-grade prints like advertising circulars to create large-scale collages that bleed off the walls and onto the floor of the gallery. 372 Ste-Catherine W., #426, Friday, Jan. 16, 5 p.m.
Upstairs at les Territoires, established artist Chih-Chien Wang stages the multidisciplinary exhibit A Helper, highlighting the connectedness forged when help is asked for and given. Simultaneously, Wang’s Mappe Program protégé, emerging artist Shanie Tomassini creates the exhibit Nature Molle, a process-oriented collection of works that points to the mutability of matter. 372 Ste-Catherine W., #527, Friday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m.
Still on Friday, at Mile End’s Articule you can optimize your potential to subvert contemporary modalities like the liberalizing powers of cultural capital by attending Desearch Repartment’s exhibition and workshop series, Corporate Creativity Workshops for Art, whose deliciously sarcastic promotional teaser is a work of art in itself. 262 Fairmount W., Friday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
Are you still with me? Because there are 10 vernissages going down on Saturday. Go refill your coffee. I’ll wait.
In the Old Port, Espace Cercle Carré presents Set Against the Ground by Andrée-Anne Carrier and Matthew Thomson, a show that inspires a second look at familiar household objects, as well as involving some EDIBLE sculptures that will serve as ephemeral, interactive installations. This means, you will eat them during the vernissage! 36 Queen, Saturday, Jan. 17, 6–9 p.m.
Downtown at the Belgo, five shows will open on Saturday, including a highlight at Galerie Laroche/Joncas with photographs from Lynne Cohen and Sylvie Readman in the exhibit Places. Don’t miss the chance to see the large-scale, evocative and somewhat humurous photographs of human environments from Cohen’s lifetime of work in a retrospective that’s especially poignant since sadly, the Montreal-based artist passed away last spring. These works are complemented perfectly by Readman’s journey through Montreal, following the footsteps of characters from a 1973 novel by Réjean Ducharme. 372 Ste-Catherine W., #410, Saturday, Jan. 17, 12–5 p.m.
Just above the tracks in Rosemont, Art Mûr hosts a vernissage on Saturday for several exhibitions mounted simultaneously; among them is Paysage financier by recent MFA grad François Raymond whose dioramas incorporate Canadian currency in ways that highlight issues of ownership and value within our political economy. 5826 St-Hubert, Saturday, Jan. 17, 3–5 p.m.
That’s just a hint of the art in store for you this week. Check out the full listings below and plan to see some of these great exhibitions this week!
Vernissages:
Jan. 14, 7–9 p.m.
Le Dépanneur Café – 206 Bernard
Boundless – Swarm
To Jan. 31
Jan. 14, 6–9 p.m.
Parisian Laundry – 3550 St-Antoine W.
Drop, Drop Slow Tears – Janet Werner
Uncertain Smile – Jordan Weitzman
To Feb. 14
Jan. 15, 6–8 p.m.
Galerie Mile End (Ame-Art) – 5345 Parc
Bouge
To Jan. 25
Jan. 15
Espace VERRE – 1200 Mill
Impromptu – Amélie Girard
To Feb. 6
Jan. 15, 5 p.m.
Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord – 12004 Rolland
La relève se révèle – Patricia Faubert + Rocio Perez + Merlin
To Feb. 15
Jan. 15, 5–7 p.m. – Performance at 5 p.m.
FOFA Gallery (Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts) – 1515 Ste-Catherine W.
88 Days in Själsö – Sarah A Tremblay
Fathomless – Philippe Caron Lefebvre
Political Poem / I Watch The News – Félipe Goulet Letarte
To Feb. 20
Jan. 15, 7 p.m. – Vernissage + Launch of ‘esse arts & opinions’ #83: Religions
Diagonale – 5455 de Gaspé, #110
Chara – Valerie Kolakis
To Feb. 21
Jan. 15, 8 p.m.
Centre CLARK – 5455 de Gaspé, #114
Valley of the Deer – Jillian McDonald
Les sessions de la paix – Jean-Michel Leclerc
Ruptur – Nelly-Ève Rajotte + Samuel Bobony
To Feb. 21- Finissage w/ Jean-Michel Leclerc Feb. 21, 3 p.m.
Jan. 16, 7–10 p.m.
Espace POP – 5587 Parc
Fandom – Group Show
To Jan. 18
Jan. 16, 5 p.m.
Arprim – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #426)
Catalogue des apocalypses ordinaires – Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf
To Feb. 7
Jan. 16, 5:30 p.m.
Galerie B-312 – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #403)
Sensing Realities – Group Show
To Feb. 14
Jan. 16, 6 p.m.
Les Territoires – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #527)
Nature Molle – Shanie Tomassini
A Helper – Chih-Chien Wang
To Feb. 14
Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
Articule – 262 Fairmount W.
Corporate Creativity Workshops for Art – Desearch Repartment
To Feb. 15 – Artist Talk Jan. 29, 7 p.m.
Jan. 17, 6–9 p.m.
Espace Cercle Carré – 36 Queen
Set Against the Ground – Andrée-Anne Carrier + Matthew Thomson
To Jan. 30 – Finissage Jan. 30, 6–9 p.m.
Jan. 17, 3–5:30 p.m.
Visual Voice Art Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #421)
Art+Science in Motion – Short Film Group Show
To Jan. 31
Jan. 17
Galerie Simon Blais – 5420 St-Laurent, #100
Contre-chants – Louise Robert
Alleyn 360º – Edmund Alleyn Retrospective
To Feb. 14
Jan. 17, 5 p.m.
OBORO – 4001 Berri, #301
Border Stitching – Vessna Perunovich
To Feb. 14
Jan. 17, 3–6 p.m.
Galerie Trois Points – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #520)
Construction de l’histoire – Group Show
To Feb. 14
Jan. 17, 3 p.m.
Galerie Nicolas Robert – 10 King
If There is a Lake, The Swans Will Go There – Martin Schop
To Feb. 21
Jan. 17, 3–5 p.m.
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #308)
Made in Britain – Karen Tam
To Feb. 21
Jan. 17
Galerie Laroche/Joncas – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #410)
Places – Lynne Cohen + Sylvie Readman
To Feb. 28
Jan. 17, 3 p.m.
CIRCA art actuel – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #444)
The Uneasy Sleep of the Operator – Sébastien Cliche
Soulèvement social – Sayeh Sarfaraz
To Feb. 28
Jan. 17, 3–5 p.m.
Art Mûr – 5826 St-Hubert
Reticence – Michelle Lundqvist
Fields – Neil Harrison
Paysage financier – François Raymond
La revente – Group Show
To Feb. 28
Last Call:
Galerie Samuel Lallouz – 1455 Sherbrooke W.
Ralph Gibson Photographs
To Jan. 15
Galerie Youn – 5226 St-Laurent
Lueur / Glow – Group Show
To Jan. 15
Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain (PFOAC221) – 372 Ste-Catherine W.
Next Best – Jeff Kulak
To Jan. 17
Joyce Yahouda Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #516)
Anthony Haden Guest
Generator – Benjamin Klein
‘The Terror’s Salon’ – Céline B. La Terreur
Out of My Window, Down the Alley, Around the Corner, and Up the Block – Perry Bard
To Jan. 17
Coolkoala – 1186 Ste-Catherine W., 2nd Floor
20/20 Boundless Brooklyn Water Towers – Group Show
To Jan. 17
Place des Arts Exhibition Room – 175 Ste-Catherine W.
Paramètres – Group Show of UQAM visual arts & media students
To Jan. 17
Centre de design de l’UQAM – 1440 Sanguinet
L’objet japonais – A panorama of contemporary design in Japan
To Jan. 18
Ongoing Shows:
E. K. Voland Art Gallery – 4710 St-Ambroise, #100
Warmth – Group Show curated by Holly Friesen
To Jan. 20
Galerie D – 1200 Amherst, #102
Espace intime – Jocelyne Hénen
To Jan. 22
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – 4296 St-Laurent
You’re Lucky You’re Pretty / You’re Lucky You’re Cute – Bush Party
To Jan. 22 – Finissage Jan. 22, 5–7 p.m.
Artexte – 2 Ste-Catherine E.
Changeover – Jason Simon
To Jan. 24
Galerie ABYSS – 1520 Notre-Dame W.
Superheroes – Group Show
To Jan. 25
Fondation Guido Molinari – 3290 Ste-Catherine E.
Cozic/Moli: The Seventies – A Complicit Allusion
Marc Garneau 1982 – 1984: An Eyeful of Silence
To Jan. 25 – Finissage Jan. 25, 3 p.m. with performance by Louise Bédard Danse
Centre d’exposition Lethbridge (Bibliothèque du Boisé) – 2727 Thimens
Les Migrations du Bestiaire – Jean Paul Riopelle
To Jan. 25
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
From Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Impressionism to Expressionism, 1900–1914
To Jan. 25
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
Anne Frank – A History for Today
To Jan. 28
The McClure Gallery (Visual Arts Centre) – 350 Victoria
January Light, So Light – Karilee Fuglem
To Jan. 31 – Artist Talk Jan. 15, 7 p.m.
Boutique FAKE – 72 Rachel E.
José Enrique Montes Hernandez
To Jan. 31
atelier b. – 5758 St-Laurent
Josni Bélanger
To Jan. 31
Usine 106U – 160 Roy E.
Fausse-térité – Group Show
To Jan. 31
Galerie ROCCIA – 5692 St-Laurent
Eric Godin
To Feb. 1
Dazibao – 5455 de Gaspé, #109
Light Adjustments – Scott Massey
Future Perfect (Screening Room) – Curated by Boshko Bosković
To Feb. 7
Centre des Arts actuels Skol – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #314)
The Engine Room – Katerina Athanasopoulou + Lena Athanasopoulou + Zoe Giabouldaki
To Feb. 7
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) – 185 Ste-Catherine W.
La Biennale de Montréal – Group Show
To Feb. 8
DHC/ART – 451 & 465 St-Jean
The Enclave – Richard Mosse
Surface Tension – Valérie Belin
To Feb. 8
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
The Patriotism of Death: Propaganda Posters From World War I
To Feb. 8
Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec – 615 Sainte-Croix
ARToon – Group Show
To Feb. 8
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #507)
119 m Above Sea Level – Centre de recherche urbaine de Montréal
To Feb. 14
Galerie de l’UQAM – 1400 Berri, Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, Local J-R 120
The Disorderless of Things – Group Show
Transcender l’architecture – Marie-Eve Martel
To Feb. 14
Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile
Found in Translation: Palladio and Jefferson
To Feb. 15
VOX Centre de l’Image Contemporaine – 2 Ste-Catherine E., #401
James Benning + Jean Marie-Delaville
To Feb. 21
Galerie René Blouin – 10 King
Ari Bayuaji
Serge Murphy
To Feb. 21
FOFA Gallery (Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts) – 1515 Ste-Catherine W.
Concordia Remembers – Sara A. Tremblay
To Feb. 22
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #405)
Espaces illusoires – Blanche Louise-Michaud + Sarah Osborne + Amélie Riendeau
To Feb. 28
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
Warhol Mania: A Brand-New Look at his Advertising Posters and Magazine Illustrations
To Mar. 15
McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.
Frédéric Lavoie – Artist in Residence
To Mar. 15
Musée du Rock’n’Roll – 2222 Ontario E.
Révolution Rock: The Emergence of Quebecois Rock’n’Roll 1964–1968
To Mar. 24
McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.
Love in Fine Fashion
To Apr. 12
Musée du costume et du textile du Québec (MCTQ) – 363 de la Commune E.
Chic & Choc
To Apr. 18
Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History – 350 Place Royale
The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great
To Apr. 26
Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile
Rooms You May Have Missed – Bijoy Jain + Umberto Riva
To April 29