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| sister, 2010 © Rebecca Belmore / Fringe, 2013 © Rebecca Belmore photographed by © Lena Ghio, 2019 |
REBECCA BELMORE Facing The Monumental
20.06.2019 > 06.10.2019
We were delighted to be invited to a press tour of this summer's Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal's latest exhibition. It came as a surprise because the Museum is undergoing a major transformation and was expected to be closed all summer. Curator Lesley Johnstone used the opportunity of the delay to bring the compelling works of Rebecca Belmoore to the city.
Rebecca Belmoore has been pursuing her practice since 1980. Anishinaabe by birth she has experienced the two world views of many of today's aboriginal artists. She told us at one point that growing up she lived close to the land. However today she has taken a warrior stance against the iniquities of the contemporary world. She employs all manner of medium, substance and performance art to express what she perceives and tell the stories of many disadvantaged people.
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| Rebecca Belmore (center) is recounting the story behind the complex installation At Pelican Falls, 2017 Photos © Lena Ghio, 2019 |
One of the powerful themes is the ongoing and extreme violence against aboriginal women. If this were happening in another country we would think their law enforcement officers are either extremely lazy or morons. So many women have disappeared from the same region that it presupposes that there is either 1 or more serial killers or some underworld human trafficking going on. HOW CAN THIS BE!!!!!!
She also explores what is happening with climate change, water, the incompetence of governments to tackle these life and death issues that will affect all of life.
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| A sample of Tableau[x] d'une Exposition by Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau Photo © Lena Ghio, 2019 |
Since the Museum is presenting this marvelous exhibition there was an option to also include the works of other fascinating artists.
Quebec art duo Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau occupy a room with two massive sculptural installations The Face Stayed East The Mouth Went West, 2014 and What Do Stones Smell Like In The Forest?, 2018. These pieces will be inhabited at various times by performance artists, dancers and mezzo-soprano Marie-Annick Béliveau. Check the web site for all the details.
In the basement you may enjoy Ragnar Kjartansson & The National A Lot of Sorrow that was part of the great solo exhibition at the MAC for the artist in 2016.
You will also have the chance to revisit some of the wonderful work of Nadia Myre.
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| Phoebe Greenberg, Founder and Director of Phi, introduced the World Premiere art show of the political cartoons produced almost daily by world renowned comedian and film super star Jim Carrey at Phi Centre. Photos © Lena Ghio, 2019 |
In the selection of drawings below for example look at the drawing he did of Bill Cosby. It is soooo creepy! As usual every detail has been thought out. You will have access to @JimCarrey, there are videos of the artist at work, and there are copies of his artist statement you can take with you.
Check Phi Centre for all the details, the exhibition runs until 01.09.2019
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| It is impressive how Jim Carrey captures that elusive element that is behind the masks we all wear in society. I placed these images in concordance with how I understand the art I chose to feature in this article. The titles from left to right: BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS / Bill Cosby : RBG / Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg: THE ADULT'S TABLE / Kim Jun Un. Photo © Lena Ghio, 2019 |
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