Art this week

Work by Dan Brault at Galerie Laroche/Joncas
 
The arts scene is getting an early start this week, with several events happening Wednesday, and leading into a busy weekend. The end of the school year means plenty of chances to see works by some of Montreal’s best up and coming emerging artists. Let’s have a closer look at some of the new shows opening this week!

 

Today, Wednesday, head to Galerie Simon Blais to see printed works created from player piano rolls and audio tape from Catherine Farish. Prints from Sean Scully will also be on view. 5420 St-Laurent, #100, Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m.

 

Around the corner, check out a solo show of paintings and installations with an environmental theme by Pierre-Étienne Massé at Espace 40 (Mile End). 160 St-Viateur E., #108, Wednesday, April 15, 5 p.m.

 

If you’re near Concordia Wednesday, make sure to stop by the EV Building’s Mouseprint Gallery for a group show that gives you an intimate look into the sketchbooks of the participating artists. An accompanying publication will be launched during the vernissage. 1515 Ste-Catherine W., EV-9.416, Wednesday, April 15, 6–8 p.m.

 

You can also catch a special screening tonight at the Cineplex in the Forum, showing a special doc with detailed views of the works of Vincent Van Gogh, commemorating the 125th anniversary of his death. The film will be shown again on April 26. 2313 Ste-Catherine W., Wednesday, April 15 and Sunday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., $17

 

On Thursday, you can catch a vernissage for a new show by Sophie Jodoin at Battat Contemporary with mixed-media works gathered around the theme of “a certain emotional instability.” 7245 Alexandra, #100, Thursday, April 16, 6–8:30 p.m.

 

Downtown on Thursday, Fresh Paint joins forces with MASSIVart to present the live-painting event Art Attack inside Radio-Canada’s ICI-ARTV studio. Featured artists include Monstr, Mirabolle and LSNR. 1600 St-Urbain, Thursday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.

 

The highlight of the week takes place Friday with the opening of From Age to Age, as Its Shape Slowly Unravelled by Vancouver-based Raymond Boisjoly, who was just longlisted for the 2015 Sobey Art Prize. In this exhibition at VOX Centre de l’Image Contemporaine, Boisjoly has produced a series of prints by attempting to scan an archive film as it played on a mobile phone. The resulting obfuscation of the source film serves to illustrate the 1953 anti-colonial movie’s message about the decontextualizing effect of “artifying” another group’s culture. Also on view will be the film Curtains by Lucy Raven. 2 Ste-Catherine E., #401, Friday, April 17, 5 p.m.

 

Also on Friday, check out the vernissage for a two-day group show at the Glass Door Gallery featuring nine local emerging artists including Julian Baslyk. 4064 St-Laurent, #1, Friday, April 17, 5–10 p.m.

 

Or, head to the Belgo Friday to check out textile-based works in a thesis show by Concordia’s “Advanced Fibres and Material Practices” students. The show is split across Les Territoires (#527) and Rats 9 (#530). 372 Ste-Catherine W., Friday, April 17, 6 p.m.

 

Saturday is a full day, with several shows opening in the Belgo including Dan Brault at Galerie Laroche/Joncas (#410), Laurent Pilon at Galerie Lilian Rodriguez (#405) and Jon Knowles at Galerie Donald Browne (#528). 372 Ste-Catherine W., Saturday, April 18, 2–6 p.m.

 

In Mile End on Saturday, head to Optica for a vernissage for Polyphonies, a combination of video, performance and participatory works that address how we portray our identities through speech. The vernissage includes performances by Anne-Marie Ouellet and Sophie Castonguay. This exhibit also offers you the chance to participate in an interesting event: a dinner party, conceived by artists Dave Ball and Oliver Walker, where eight participants who have never met are split, with four together at one table and the other four alone in different closed rooms. The four lone guests ‘talk’ to each other by relaying words via telephone through the four seated guests. A dinner in English will take place April 21, and you can reserve your spot by contacting Optica here. 5455 de Gaspé, #106, Saturday, April 18, 3–5 p.m.

 

Alright, if you’re still with me, I’ll share with you a PSA from Studio Béluga, which is seeking artists to submit proposals for next summer’s Possible Dimensions exhibition. The studio is offering a couple of attractive prizes for emerging and mid-career artists to take advantage of professional technical support, transportation and the like to help realize your dream project. Check here for more details and apply by April 30.

 

Don’t forget to check the full listings below for more openings, last calls and ongoing shows!

 

Vernissages:

 

April 15, 5 p.m.

 

Espace 40 (Mile End) – 160 St-Viateur E., #108

Tout cela que n’est que cela! – Pierre-Étienne Massé

To April 21

 

April 15, 6–8 p.m. – Vernissage + Book Launch

Mouseprint Gallery – 1515 Ste-Catherine W., EV-9.416

Sketch – Group Show

To April 30

 

April 15, 6 p.m.

Galerie Simon Blais – 5420 St-Laurent, #100

Papier Calque II – Serial Colour – Group Show

Blue – Catherine Farish

Prints – Sean Scully

To May 16

 

April 15, 5 p.m.

Les Impatients – 100 Sherbrooke E., #4000

Mythologies impatients – Diane Obomsawin + Jacinthe Loranger + Michel Langevin + Thomas Bégin

To June 4

 

April 15

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.

From Gainsborough to Moore: 200 Years of British Drawings

To August 16

 

April 16

Artexte – 2 Ste-Catherine E., #301

Tracing Asian Canadian Art Histories and Aesthetic Alliances – EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group)

To April 30

 

April 16, 5 p.m.

Galerie Graff – 963 Rachel E.

Les Minutes – Raphaëlle de Groot

To May 16

 

April 16, 6–8:30 p.m.

Battat Contemporary – 7245 Alexandra, #100

Un certaine instabilité émotionelle – Sophie Jodoin

To May 30

 

April 17, 5–10 p.m.

Glass Door Gallery – 4064 St-Laurent, #1

Spring Mixed Group Show

To April 18

 

April 17, 6–9 p.m.

Eastern Bloc – 7240 Clark

Loop – Group Show

To April 19

 

April 17, 6 p.m.

Les Territoires (#527) + Rats 9 (#530) – 372 Ste-Catherine W.

Processing – Concordia ‘Advanced Fibres and Material Practices’ Students’ Thesis Show

To April 21

 

April 17, 6–9 p.m. Vernissage with Performance

La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – 4296 St-Laurent

Face – Insoon Ha

To May 15

 

April 17, 5 p.m.

VOX Centre de l’Image Contemporaine – 2 Ste-Catherine E., #401

From Age to Age, as Its Shape Slowly Unravelled… – Raymond Boisjoly

Lucy Raven

To June 27

 

April 18, 5 p.m.

White Wall Studio – 4532 Laval

¿Que mas hay? – Rodolfo Moraga

One day only

 

April 18, 3 p.m.

Galerie Nicolas Robert – 10 King

To Remember Through Previous Works on Paper – Robert Houle Retrospective 1980–2015

To May 16

 

April 18, 3–6 p.m.

Galerie Laroche/Joncas – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #410)

À vol d’ourse – Dan Brault

To May 23

 

April 18, 2–5 p.m.

Galerie Lilian Rodriguez – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #405)

Deux dessins et quelque figures – Laurent Pilon

To May 23

 

April 18, 4 p.m.

Galerie Donald Browne – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #528)

Rubbing the Kaki – Jon Knowles

To May 30

 

April 18, 3–5 p.m. Vernissage with Performances

Optica – 5455 de Gaspé, #106

Polyphonies – Group Show

To June 13

 

April 18

Musée du Rock’n’Roll – 2222 Ontario E.

Beat National

To July 25

 

Last Call:

 

Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery – Dawson College, 4001 de Maisonneuve

The Trans— Exhibition – Group Show

To April 16

 

VAV Gallery – 1395 René-Lévesque W.

Worn: A Show of Wearable Art – Group Show

To April 17

 

Galerie Hugues Charbonneau – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #308)

Instantés, peut-être – Alain Paiement

To April 18

 

Centre CLARK – 5455 de Gaspé, #114

Near You No Cold: Part 2 – Raymonde April

Walk With Me – Libby Hague

Enter Me Tonight – Li Alin

To April 18 – Artist Talk April 18, 3 p.m.

 

Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran – 1892 Payette

La ligne bleu – Aude Moreau

To April 18

 

SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg  #507)

Talk Show – El Instituto

To April 18

 

ARTVstudio – 1600 St-Urbain

Montréal Créative

To April 18

 

Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery – 1400 de Maisonneuve W., Ground Floor

World of Matter: Exposing Resource Ecologies

To April 18

 

Dazibao – 5455 de Gaspé,  #109

Almost Six Pieces – Reynold Reynolds (Gallery Space)

Chantal du Pont (Screening Room)

To April 18

 

Musée du costume et du textile du Québec (MCTQ) – 363 de la Commune E.

Chic & Choc

To April 18

 

The McClure Gallery (Visual Arts Centre) – 350 Victoria

Annual Student Exhibition

To April 18

 

Espace Projet – 353 Villeray

Le Flâneur: Art + urbanité critique – Arnaud Grégoire + Fanny Latreille + Jean-Philippe Luckhurst-Cartier

To April 19

 

Arsenal Montreal – 2020 William

Poupée – Zoé Duchesne

To April 19

 

Maison de la culture Frontenac – 2550 Ontario E.

Zones! – Group Show

To April 19

 

Ongoing Shows:

 

Lacerte Art Contemporain – 6345 St-Laurent

Le Naufrage – Charles Frédérick Ouellet

To April 20

 

Montreal City Hall – 275 Notre-Dame E.

Montreal Nightlife – Photography

To April 23

 

Art Mûr – 5826 St-Hubert

Moving Still / Still Moving – Group Show

Fracture – Jannick Deslauriers

Cry Babies – Jonathan Hobin

To April 25

 

Occurrence – 5455 de Gaspé, #108

Le présage – Josée Pedneault

Alarm Songs: Leisure Machine – Dominique Sirois

To April 25

 

Atelier Circulaire – 5445 de Gaspé, #105

Appearances – Wieslaw Haladaj

To April 25 – Finissage with Artist Talk April 25, 4 p.m.

 

Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain (PFOAC) – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #216)

A Few Good Words That Still Work, And the Tide – Dil Hildebrand

Endless Paper – Nelson Henricks

To April 25

 

Parisian Laundry – 3550 St-Antoine W.

Carlos & Jason Sanchez

To April 25

 

La Castiglione – 5761 St-Laurent

Expolaroid – Group Show

To April 25

 

Galerie B-312 – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #403)

Téléportation – Guillaume La Brie + Satoru Tamura

Mécanismes – Philippe Chabot

To April 25

 

Occurrence – 5455 de Gaspé, #108

Fig. 10 – exposition – Cas de figure – Group Show

To April 26

 

Galerie d’Este – 4396 St-Laurent

Pierre-Yves Girard

To April 26

 

Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal – 465 Mont Royal E.

Mal Floral – Sébastien Pesot

To April 26

 

Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – 3755 Botrel

La résistance – Jinny Yu

Sublimer le tranquille – André Dubois

To April 26

 

Fondation Guido Molinari – 3290 Ste-Catherine E.

Multi noirs, 1997–2014 – Francine Savard

Goguen, Molinari, Drawings 1954–1959

To April 26

 

Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History – 350 Place Royale

The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great

To April 26

 

Galerie Patrick Mikhail – 4445 St-Antoine W.

Untitled Photographic Pictures – Andrew Wright

To April 26

 

Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile

Rooms You May Have Missed – Bijoy Jain + Umberto Riva

To April 29

 

Fresh Paint 256 – 256 Ste-Catherine E.

Work In Progress – MC Baldassari

To April 30

 

Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles – 5800 St-Denis, #501

Correspondance 2 – Group Show

To April 30

 

Death of Vinyl – 6307 St-Laurent

Hyperdoodling HallucinoGenesis – John Lanthier

To April 30

 

Centre Culturel Simon Bolivar – 394 de Maisonneuve W.

Projet Mueve – Group Show

To April 30

 

Artexte – 2 Ste-Catherine E., #301

[Dis]Identifications: Challenging Dominant Narratives of Black people in Canada – EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group)

To April 15

 

Galerie ABYSS – 1520 Notre-Dame W.

Monsters – Group Show

To April 30

 

Visual Voice Art Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #421)

Bee Works – Sarah Hatton

To May 2

 

Canadian Guild of Crafts – 1460-B Sherbrooke W.

Go Big or Go Home! – Filipa Pimentel

To May 2

 

Galerie Bernard – 3926 St-Denis

Robert Deschênes

To May 2

 

Diagonale – 5455 de Gaspé, #110

Pelt (Bestiary) – Ingrid Bachmann

To May 2

 

Beaux-Arts des Amériques – 3944 St-Denis

Présences – Karen Thomson

To May 2

 

CIRCA art actuel – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #444)

Angles de dérive – Amélie Proulx

In the Pit of Idolatry – Gabriel Morest

To May 2

 

Galerie Dominique Bouffard – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #508)

L’anatomie du Bling – Sébastien Pesot

To May 2

 

Galerie LUZ – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #418)

Galerie I: Marble Intimacy – Elise Lafontaine + Jonathan Théroux

Galerie II: Every Riven Thing – Daisy Tsai

To May 2

 

TOHU – 2345 Jarry

Kiribati en péril – Matthieu Rytz

To May 3

 

Galerie ROCCIA – 5692 St-Laurent

Jean-Claude Poitras

Miville

To May 3 – Open House with Artists, April 18, 11a.m.–5 p.m.

 

L’Espace Culturel Georges Émile Lapalme (Place des Arts) – 175

Ste-Catherine W.

Have Fingers Will Travel – A Tribute to Oliver Jones – Group Show

To May 4

 

Arsenal Montreal – 2020 William

PRISM – David Spriggs

To May 9

 

Joyce Yahouda Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #516)

The Stranger Who Licked Salt Back Into Our Eyes – Brent Meistre

To May 9

 

Maison de la culture Ahuntsic-Cartierville – 10300 Lajeunesse

Câliboire – Simon Beaudry

To May 9

 

Joyce Yahouda Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #516)

Banque du Canada – Moridja Kitenge Banza

Cris et Féminités – Nathalie Rodach

To May 9

 

Galerie Trois Points – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #520)

Tableaux récents – Richard Mill

To May 9

 

Arprim – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #426)

La création de l’univers – Emmanuelle Jacques

To May 9

 

Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain Project Space (PFOAC221) – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #221)

Lucie Duval

To May 9

 

Galerie Youn – 5226 St-Laurent

Film Scores – Sarah Nind

The Beauty in the Banal – Martin Ouellette

To May 10

 

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) – 185 Ste-Catherine W.

Sophie Calle: For the Last and First Time

Simon Starling: Metamorphology

To May 10

 

Le repaire des 100 talents – 5867 St-Hubert

Ultramarine – Group Show

To May 10

 

Galerie D – 1200 Amherst, #102

Lumière de brume – Michel Monett

Jérôme Grenier

To May 12

 

Espace VERRE – 1200 Mill

Semina Percurrenta: From Both Sides of the Border – Jean-Simon Trottier + Montserrat Duran Muntades

To May 15

 

Galerie Patrick Mikhail – 4445 St-Antoine W.

Dire Oui (Say Yes) – Jennifer Lefort

To May 16

 

Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile

Industrial Architecture: Ábalos & Herreros selected by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

To May 17

 

Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord – 12004 Rolland

Noce – Maude Bernier-Chabot

To May 17

 

Darling Foundry – 745 Ottawa

Act of Forgetting – Chih-Chien Wang – Artist Talk April 16, 6 p.m.

For Romantic Fantasy – Stephanie Loveless – Artist Talk April 30, 6 p.m.

To May 24

 

Galerie Lounge TD – 307 Ste-Catherine W., Second Floor

La vie est déjà ailleurs – Pierre Gauvreau + Janine Carreau

To May 24

 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.

Mégantic in Pictures – Benoit Aquin

To May 24, 2015

 

Rack Galerie – 3714 Notre-Dame W.

Flecken – Patrice Cantin

To May 26

 

La Lumière du Mile End – 214 Bernard W.

Linda Luttinger

To May 28

 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.

Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism – Benjamin-Constant in His Time

To May 31

 

Galerie Thomas Henry Ross – 5445 de Gaspé, #423

Capitalism in the 21st Century

To June 19

 

1700 La Poste – 1700 Notre-Dame W.

Vladimir Velickovic

to June 21

 

Galerie Samuel Lallouz – 1455 Sherbrooke W.

Africa – Barthélémy Toguo

To June 30

 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.

Marion Wagschal: Portraits, Memories, Fables

To August 9

 

McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.

Camp Fires: The Queer Baroque of Léopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu and Richard Milette

To Aug. 16

 

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) – 185 Ste-Catherine W.

New Discoveries and Other Obsessions

To Sept. 27