Thursday, June 23, 2022

MONTREAL • SUMMER • MUSEUMS

 

The luminosity of the exhibition is beautifully illustrated by this photo I took. 
Nicolas Party (born in 1980), Portrait avec serpents, 2019. Washington (D. C.), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Museum purchase with funds provided by Stuart Barr, 2021. © Nicolas Party.

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Bedroom (Pine Cabinet) 
by Kim Ondaatje
One of the most aesthetically rapturous exhibition of the summer is the colourful NICOLAS PARTY : L'HEURE MAUVE. This exquisite show creates luminosity with magnificent pastel compositions and luscious colours. To augment your experience you will see many gorgeous works from the museum's collection chosen by the artist who is passionate about art history.

An added bonus to this exhibition is the musical participation of Pierre Lapointe who created a 14 track soundtrack to accompany your visit. Bring your smartphone to tune in. The album should be out soon.

detail from Other
Landscapes series
( 2019-2020)
by 
Anahita Norouzi
VIEWS OF WITHIN  shows more works in many media that reflect upon personal spaces whether these are the places we relax or the place where our thoughts live. A piece I really enjoyed is Bedroom (Pine Cabinet) by Kim Ondaatje. It is luminous and peaceful in mostly shades of the palest yellow tones with spots of blue giving the content definition. There are many pieces that you will enjoy contemplating.  The curators of the exhibition, eunice bélidor, Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky, reflected on the impact being in quarantine during the pandemic had on all of us. We are reminded about all types of elements around housing and homelessness. 

Museum of the Art of Today / Department of the Invisible curated and animated by Stanley Février is a brilliant work! It is so exciting that the Museum actualized this brain child of Février. He is a multidisciplinary artist who incorporates performance into his creative process. This creation is a museum, MAADI, that brings to the public excellent artists that work hard everyday but are otherwise
ignored by institutions. Février has acted as director of this museum, has collaborated with curators Laura Delfino and Iris Amizlev, and together they assembled truly admirable artworks to be experienced. Stanley Février will be on site occasionally, performing his role of Director and Chief Curator of MAADI.




Mika Rottenberg presenting her exhibition at MAC.She
combines physical creations with evocative surrealistic
videos enriched with ASMR stimulus that left me hypnotized. 

Mika Rottenberg is an Argentinian artist now living in New York who travels the world to produce the most mysterious videos that bring together everyday scenes in a kind of magical realism that explores realities of global capitalism. There are scenes of stomach-turning abundance of gaudy objects, or rotting food, or repetitive acts that appear meaningless while others, like the mass cultivation of pearls are nauseating. 

Definitely an experience that does not leave one indifferent. I don't know about you but climate change, wars, gun violence have reached a dystopian paroxysme that is stifling. This influences how all of us think about life and artists stretch out these issues. Rottenberg's explorations asks us to reconsider our societal engagements because their impact on nature are immeasurable.







This is a very special year for Montreal's archeological museum. It is its 30th anniversary and many special activities are programmed for this summer. To celebrate Montreal's history, the curators went digging into the museum's collection for an exhibition entitled 30 YEARS OF HISTORY 1992 - 2022. The exhibition is cleverly staged with astonishing details and historical objects like clothes, ancient chairs, beer bottles, and the Montrealer's Tree where both Expo 67 and the stories of individual Montrealers are contained inside cardboard boxes. 

The other major exhibition is VIKINGS - Dragons of the Northern Seas. It is so mystical! We explore the beliefs, the daily life, the myths and art of these very meticulous people who travelled by water and were fierce warriors who invaded the British isles, European countries and even populated some areas in the northeast of Canada. It is an enchanting tour.

All the above museums have activities that surround their exhibitions. Do not hesitate to follow the links I have attached here to find out more. You no longer need to reserve to visit museums, you can just walk in and enjoy!

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!

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