Work by Yinka Shonibare MBE at DHC/ART
It’s another jam-packed week in Montreal arts with a couple of dozen new shows opening, more end-of-semester opportunities to see work by graduating students and a number of artist talks, performances and special events.
A big new show has just opened at DHC/ART—Pièces de résistance is the first Canadian solo exhibition for British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE. The vernissage already took place Tuesday night (a little early for this column), but you’ll have until September to explore the works—including sculptures, films, photographs and screen-prints that incorporate Shonibare’s signature use of Dutch-wax printed textiles to consider questions of identity and culture, authenticity and appropriation, and intersections of race, class and gender. There’s a lot to unpack here, but luckily there will be several opportunities throughout the run to take advantage of a guided tour by curator Cheryl Sim, with the first one coming up on May 16. 451 & 465 St-Jean, exhibit ongoing with guided tour Saturday, May 16, 4 p.m.
Work by Olivia McGilchrist at Concordia’s ‘Error 404 Not Found’ show
There’s lots to see tonight, Thursday, with 10 different vernissages to choose from plus a few other treats. At Concordia’s FOFA Gallery, take in a curator-guided tour of a show that we mentioned here last week: The Rebel Yells: Dress and Political Re-Dress in Contemporary Indigenous Art featuring works by several artists influenced by Shelley Niro. Afterwards, head up to the sixth and seventh floors to see work by graduating students from the Design and Computation Arts program in two shows, Forward Slash (undergrads) and 404 Error Not Found (graduates). Expect to see a wide variety of new media works including graphics, 3D video games, interactive installations and even a virtual reality capsule viewed through an oculus rift. 1515 Ste-Catherine W., guided tour of The Rebel Yells at 5 p.m., vernissages from 6–11 p.m. in rooms EV-6.735 / 6.745 and EV-7.735 / 7.745
Work by Peter Andrew Lusztyk and Derek Blais at Station 16
Also Thursday, check out a new photography exhibit called Point Blank at Station 16 featuring work by Toronto artists Peter Andrew Lusztyk and Derek Blais that will have you staring down the barrel of a gun. Billed as ‘portraits’ and shot to present the subjects as powerful but flawed individuals, the large-scale black and white images are not intended to be political statements, so you’ll have to insert your own social commentary. 3523 St-Laurent, Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m.
In Mile End Thursday, Atelier Circulaire opens a show of engravings by Louis-Pierre Bougie that draw parallels between the human and animal worlds. 5445 de Gaspé #105, Thursday, April 30, 5:30 p.m.
Work by Nelson Henricks at Dazibao
Just up the street at Dazibao, Nelson Henricks presents A Lecture on Arton Thursday, a four-part exhibition that creates visuals from the symbols we use to transmit ideas to each other — namely the alphabet. The namesake work draws from a lecture given by Oscar Wilde to create a four-screen video installation that focuses on the sensory experience of the way the words sound more than their meaning. 5455 de Gaspé #109, Thursday, April 30, 7 p.m.
Friday is May Day, International Day of the Worker, and a thematic exhibition will launch at Monastiraki with Spare Some Social Change (Nothing Has Changed) by Mathieu Beauséjour, a multimedia artist with a long history of creating art that reflects current and historical power struggles by using cultural symbols borrowed from money, the monarchy, protest anthems and more. Works by Carl Campeau will also be on display throughout the month. 5478 St-Laurent, Friday, May 1, 6–9 p.m.
Work by Benoit Aquin from his ‘Mégantic’ photo series
Also Friday, stop by Apollo Studios for a collaboration with Galerie Hugues Charbonneau to present a group show featuring works by Jean-Benoit Pouliot, David Lafrance, Trevor Gould, Benoit Aquin and Alain Paiement. 136A St-Paul E., Friday, May 1, 6:30 p.m.
At the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) on Saturday, artist-run centre Articule hosts the third edition of Montréal Monochrome, a conference intended to address the lack of representation of Indigenous artists and artists of colour across Montreal’s exhibition spaces. This year’s edition is presented with the theme of Un-Doing the Authentic with a program including performances, workshops, presentations and panel discussion with Montreal luminaries such as Nomadic Massive’s Nantali Indongo, the Narcicyst and Winnie SuperHova. Participation is free, but space is limited, so you’re encouraged to register ahead of time with Articule. MAC, Beverly Webster Rolph Hall, 185 Ste-Catherine W., Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Work by Séripop at Galerie Hugues Charbonneau
Plenty of shows are happening on Saturday as well, including a highlight in Galerie Hugues Charbonneau’s Belgo space featuring 2015 Sobey art prize longlisted duo Séripop (Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau), who you may remember from their punk rock days as musicians with AIDS Wolf. The show, The Face Stayed East and the Mouth Went West (elements) uses light-boxes, photography and performance to present and interact with the duo’s sculptural installations that evoke the urban environment. 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #308), Saturday, May 2, 3–5 p.m.
An exhibition of portraiture called Kaleidoscope is opening Saturday at Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal featuring works by Kiran Ambwani and Florence So, in conjunction with the beginning of the Accès Asie Festival. Depicted in the portraits are artists who have presented work at the festival over the past 20 years. 465 Mont Royal E., Saturday, May 2, 2–4 p.m.
Keep heading North Saturday and stop in at Art Mûr, where five new shows are opening, including Foundations by L.A. artist Lori Cozen Geller whose simply shaped sculptures tell a story when juxtaposed alongside slivers and donut holes sliced away from their forms. 5826 St-Hubert, Saturday, May 2, 3–5 p.m.
Work by Michael Reeder at Galerie C.O.A
Still later Saturday in Little Italy’s Galerie C.O.A, check out the group show Visions with paintings and sculptures by artists like Michael Reeder, Adrian Landon Brooks and Eric Godin. 6405 St-Laurent, Saturday, May 2, 5–8 p.m.
Finally, get your dance on Saturday night at a fundraiser party for La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse at Cabaret Playhouse hosted by Kama la Mackerel and featuring a line-up of DJs and prizes to give away. 4296 St-Laurent, Saturday, May 2, 10 p.m., $10 at the door.
Don’t forget to check out the full listings below for even more openings, last calls on closing shows and ongoing exhibitions!
Vernissages:
April 30, 6–10 p.m.
Forward Slash – 1515 Ste-Catherine W., EV-7.735 / 7.745
Forward Slash 15 – Concordia University Design and Computation Arts Undergraduates
To May 3
April 30, 6–10 p.m.
Error 404 Not Found – 1515 Ste-Catherine W., EV-6.735 / 6.745
Error 404 Not Found- Concordia University Design and Computation Arts Graduates
To May 3
April 30, 5–8 p.m.
Galerie l’Artiste – 1121 de Bellechasse
Électique – Viviane Arsenault
To May 3
April 30
Eleanor London Côte-Saint-Luc Public Library – 5851 Cavendish
After image (Swan Songs) – Fiona Annis
To May 21
April 30, 5:30 p.m.
Atelier Circulaire – 5445 de Gaspé, #105
Autour du bestiaire – Louis-Pierre Bougie
To May 23
April 30, 6 p.m.
The McClure Gallery (Visual Arts Centre) – 350 Victoria
The Figure Revisited – Jennifer Hornyak
To May 23
April 30, 5–7 p.m.
La Castiglione – 5761 St-Laurent
Lumière – Group Show
To May 24
April 30, 5:30 p.m.
Galerie d’Art d’Outremont – 41 St-Just
Traverser le miroir – Allison Moore + Arthur Desmarteaux
To May 24
April 30, 7 p.m.
Station 16 – 3523 St-Laurent
Point Blank – Peter Andrew Lusztyk + Derek Blais
To May 24
April 30, 5 p.m.
Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – 3755 Botrel
De choses et d’autres (bis) – Samuel St-Aubin
Retrospective: 20 Years of History in Jewellery – Anne-Marie Chagnon
To June 14
April 30, 7 p.m.
Dazibao – 5455 de Gaspé, #109
A Lecture on Art – Nelson Henricks (Gallery Space)
VTAPE (Screening Room)
To June 20
May 1, 6:30 p.m.
Apollo Studios – 136A St-Paul E.
Jean-Benoit Pouliot + David Lafrance + Trevor Gould + Benoit Aquin + Alain Paiement
May 1, 5–8 p.m.
Galerie d’Este – 4396 St-Laurent
Ignition – Concordia Ceramic Students’ Association
To May 7
May 1, 5:30 p.m.
L’Atelier-Galerie A.Piroir – 5333 Casgrain, #802
They Live – Pierre Durette
To May 20
May 1, 6–9 p.m.
Monastiraki – 5478 St-Laurent
Jours Ouvrables – Carl Campeau
Spare Some Social Change (Nothing Has Changed) – Mathieu Beauséjour
To May 31
May 2, 5–8 p.m.
Galerie C.O.A – 6405 St-Laurent
Vision – Group Show
To May 30
May 2, 3–5 p.m.
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #308)
The Face Stayed East and the Mouth Went West (elements) – Séripop (Chloe Lum + Yannick Desranleau)
To June 6
May 2, 5 p.m.
OBORO – 4001 Berri, #301
Vaste et évident / Mind Way / Shin-Dao – Art for the Good of the Other – suschnee + bryan mulvihill
To June 6
May 2, 2–4 p.m.
Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal – 465 Mont Royal E.
Accès Asie: Kaleidoscope – Kiran Ambwani + Florence So
To June 7
May 2, 3–5 p.m.
Art Mûr – 5826 St-Hubert
The Black Room – Robbie Cornelissen
Foundations – Lori Cozen Geller
Tout se perd, rien ne se crée – Michel Piquette
Colour Play – Barbara Todd
Resurfacing – Henri Venne
To June 20
May 2
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #507)
The Short Form – Group Show
To July 11
May 3, 3 p.m.
Foufounes Electriques – 87 Ste-Catherine E.
Expo 106U – Group Show
To May 29
Last Call:
Expo de Casier – Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, 1400 Berri, #J-5097
Julie Maude Gosselin + Simon Déragon
To April 30
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
Mouseprint Gallery – 1515 Ste-Catherine W., EV-9.416
Sketch – 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)
Tracing Asian Canadian Art Histories and Aesthetic Alliances – EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group)
To April 30
Galerie ABYSS – 1520 Notre-Dame W.
Monsters – Group Show
To April 30
Galerie d’Avignon – 88 Laurier E.
Yves Décarie
To April 30
Galerie 203 – 203 Notre-Dame W.
Ozereso – François La Borie
To April 30
VAV Gallery – 1395 René-Lévesque W.
Eponyme – Graduating Photography Students Group Show
To May 1
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
Souvenirs Focus - 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
Galerie Richelieu – 7903 St-Denis
Luce Lamoureux
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
Galerie Gora – 279 Sherbrooke W., #205
Pierre Paquin
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
Ongoing Shows:
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
Galerie Le 1040 – 1040 Marie-Anne E.
Mariana Theriot Loisel
To May 4
E. K. Voland Art Gallery – 4710 St-Ambroise, #100
Trove – Carolina Echeverria + Julia Pomeroy
To May 5
Espace 40 (Mile End) – 160 St-Viateur E., #108
XL3 – Group Show
To May 8
Arsenal Montreal – 2020 William
PRISM – David Spriggs
To May 9
Montreal City Hall – 275 Notre-Dame E.
Mon QuotiDien
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
POPOP Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #442)
The Cleansing – Tammy Salzl
To May 9
Galerie de l’UQAM – Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, 1400 Berri, #J-R 120
Passage à découvert 2015 – Group show of graduating BFA students
To May 9
Centre de design de l’UQAM – 1440 Sanguinet
Le Printemps en design – 40th Anniversary Exhibition
To May 10
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
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – 4296 St-Laurent
Face – Insoon Ha
To May 15
Galerie Graff – 963 Rachel E.
Les Minutes – Raphaëlle de Groot
To May 16
Galerie Simon Blais – 5420 St-Laurent, #100
Papier Calque II – Serial Colour – Group Show
Blue – Catherine Farish
Prints – Sean Scully
To May 16
Galerie Patrick Mikhail – 4445 St-Antoine W.
Dire Oui (Say Yes) – Jennifer Lefort
To May 16
Galerie Nicolas Robert – 10 King
To Remember Through Previous Works on Paper – Robert Houle Retrospective 1980–2015
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
Han Art – 4209 Ste-Catherine W.
For All We Know – Catherine Everett
To May 18
Alt Art & Design – 3963 Ste-Catherine E.
Urbanité – Group Show
To May 22
Galerie Laroche/Joncas – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #410)
À vol d’ourse – Dan Brault
To May 23
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #405)
Deux dessins et quelque figures – Laurent Pilon
To May 23
Galerie Roger Bellemare – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #502)
Un pays de Merveilles – Group Show
To May 23
Art45 – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #220)
Michael Smith
To May 23
Les Territoires – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #527)
My Prisoner – Velibor Božović
Euh…non pas le premier soir. Les jeunes filles ne veulent pas d’histoire – Gabrielle Lajoie-Bergeron
To May 23
Darling Foundry - 745 Ottawa
Act of Forgetting – Chih-Chien Wang
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
Articule – 262 Fairmount W.
Silence of Sovereignty – Dylan Miner
To May 24
Galerie d’art LSB – 6750 Esplanade, #350
Veronik Larcher
To May 25
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
FOFA Gallery (Concordia Faculty of Fine Arts) – 1515 Ste-Catherine W.
En Masse – Alison Loader + Chris Plenzich
The Rebel Yells: Dress and Political Re-Dress in Contemporary Indigenous Art – Group Show
To May 29
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran – 1892 Payette
I’ve Seen the Future, Brother – Kim Dorland
To May 30
Galerie Donald Browne – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #528)
Rubbing the Kaki – Jon Knowles
To May 30
Battat Contemporary – 7245 Alexandra, #100
Un certaine instabilité émotionelle – Sophie Jodoin
To May 30
BBAM! Gallery – 3255 St-Jacques
Psychethelia Art: Manic Expression – Teo Robinson
To May 31
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism – Benjamin-Constant in His Time
To May 31
Monument National – 1182 St-Laurent
Afrik Eco-Art – Marie-Denise Douyon
To May 31
Les Impatients – 100 Sherbrooke E., #4000
Mythologies impatients – Diane Obomsawin + Jacinthe Loranger + Michel Langevin + Thomas Bégin
To June 4
Optica – 5455 de Gaspé, #106
Polyphonies – Group Show
To June 13
Galerie Patrick Mikhail – 4445 St-Antoine W.
Breather – Scott Everingham
To June 16
Galerie Thomas Henry Ross – 5445 de Gaspé, #423
Capitalism in the 21st Century
To June 19
Artexte – 2 Ste-Catherine E., #301
An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time: Performance Art in Quebec and Canada
To June 20
1700 La Poste – 1700 Notre-Dame W.
Vladimir Velickovic
to June 21
l’Espace Musée de Québecor – 612 St-Jacques
Écrits et pensées – Louis Beaudreault
To June 26
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
Galerie Samuel Lallouz – 1455 Sherbrooke W.
Africa – Barthélémy Toguo
To June 30
Musée du Rock’n’Roll – 2222 Ontario E.
Beat National
To July 25
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
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
From Gainsborough to Moore: 200 Years of British Drawings
To August 16
DHC/ART – 451 & 465 St-Jean
Pièces de résistance – Yinka Shonibare MBE
To Sept. 20
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) – 185 Ste-Catherine W.
New Discoveries and Other Obsessions
To Sept. 27