Two exhibitions
dal 15/6/2010 al 9/10/2010
Segnalato da
Myriam Laplante
Raymonde April
Claudie Gagnon
Betty Goodwin
Diane Landry
Jana Sterbak
Irene Whittome
Nicolas Baier
Esther Trepanier
Pierre Landry
15/6/2010
Two exhibitions
Musee national des beaux-arts, Quebec City
'Women Artists. Breaking Down Barriers, 1965-2000': 50 women artists. 110 remarkable works produced between 1965 and 2000. The exhibition features paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs and videos selected from the collection of the Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec. Born in 1967, in Montreal, Nicolas Baier began as a painter. In the 1990s he turned to computer-assisted digital photography, his method of choice for concocting "digital fictions." In Pareidolias, these fictions take reality beyond the real.
Women Artists. Breaking Down Barriers, 1965-2000
Works from the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
June 16 to October 10, 2010
curator Pierre Landry
50 women artists. 110 remarkable works produced between 1965 and 2000. During those 35 years, women were actively involved in the major art movements. They trained a critical eye on their surroundings and on themselves. They engaged, liberated and asserted themselves. They broke down barriers.
Women Artists. Breaking Down Barriers, 1965-2000. Works from the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is the sequel to the exhibition presented last summer. Gaining Space, 1900-1965 showcased works by the first women to claim professional artist status. Visitors to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec can explore the next stage of this extraordinary saga during the summer season.
The exhibition features paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs and videos by some of the most celebrated women of the Quebec art scene, including Raymonde April, Claudie Gagnon, Betty Goodwin, Diane Landry, Jana Sterbak and Irene Whittome.
The works have been selected from among the some 2,600 pieces by women in the collection of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
Along with the exhibition, the Musée is launching a 300-page, lavishly illustrated book on 20th-century women artists, Femmes artistes du xxe siècle. Collection du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (in French only). It features an essay by MNBAQ Executive Director Esther Trépanier on the 1900-1965 years and another by the exhibition curator, Pierre Landry, MNBAQ Curator of Contemporary Art, on the period from 1965 to 2000. The first title in the "Arts du Québec" collection, the book also includes 101 biographies of Quebec WOMEN artists.
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Nicolas Baier. Pareidolias
June 16 to August 23, 2010
Born in 1967, in Montreal, Nicolas Baier began as a painter. In the 1990s he turned to computer-assisted digital photography, his method of choice for concocting "digital fictions." In Pareidolias, these fictions take reality beyond the real.
The exhibition revolves around Vanités, a monumental work more than nine meters long. Composed of a digitized image of dozens of damaged mirrors, the imposing print opens a gap, inviting the viewer’s gaze but not necessarily reflecting an image, other than what one reads into it. This central piece will be accompanied by landscapes altered by the artist. His manipulations result in ominous shadowy visions whose details may simply be splotches. Once again, Nicolas Baier coaxes the appearance of distinct shapes from indistinct sensations.
Nicolas Baier. Pareidolias is organized by the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto, the Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, the Saint Mary’s University Gallery, Halifax, and the Musée Régional De Rimouski.
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Paintings from the Reign of Victoria.
The Royal Holloway Collection, London
until September 6, 2010
In summer 2010, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is inviting the public to step back into the Victorian era, an age of splendour and change. To admire scenes of urban and rural life, landscapes, portraits, animal studies and more. The exhibition Paintings from the Reign of Victoria. The Royal Holloway Collection, London showcases 60 acclaimed canvases that drew eager crowds in the British capital in the 1880s.
Image: Myriam Laplante, Triste sort, digital print cm 100x110, 2008, courtesy The Gallery Apart, Rome
Ms. Marie-Hélène Raymond, media relations officer
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Opening june 16th h 5p.m.
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Parc des Champs-de-Bataille, Québec Canada
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday: until 9 p.m.
Wednesday June 24, the Musée will open at 2 p.m.
Admission fees
Adults: $15
Seniors (65 and over): $12
Students (under age 30 with student card): $7
Youth (age 12 to 17): $4
Children under 12: free of charge
Family rate (2 adults and 3 children aged 12 to 17): $30