Low voices by Estela López Solís

Estela López Solís, Susurrantes Series, 2014 -2016. White cotton thread embroidery, on used pillowcases and phrases collected and embroidered during a performance in front of an audience and performance during Les voix basses, 2021. Photo : Swann Bertholin

Personally challenged during my visit to Estela López Solís’ Susurrantes in 2017, I express in the selection and interpretation of the works, the intimate connection felt in front of them and will encourage visitors to explore their own sensibilities in turn.

Catherine Lescarbeau’s The Office Plant Department: A disruptive bio inc

Catherine Lescarbeau, Le département des plantes de bureau de l’UQO, (The Office Plant Department at UQO), 2016. Galerie de l’UQO. Photo: Pavel Pavlov

Since 2014, Catherine Lescarbeau has been producing bio-critical conceptual works, under the name of a fictional horticultural service company called The Office Plant Department.

“A person’s home is inviolable”. Ludovic Boney’s Family Gathering

Ludovic Boney, Rassemblement familial (Family Gathering), Installation at the Visual Arts Gallery of Laval University, 2019. (detail) Photo : Marie Perrault

On a masterful installation by Ludovic Boney presented at the Visual Arts Gallery from April 11 to May 19, 2019 and designed specifically for the venue.

What Plants Can Tell

What Plants Can Tell , with artists Evergon and Jean-Jacques Ringuette of Chromogenic Curmudgeons (Montréal), Joscelyn Gardner (London, Ontario), Catherine Lescarbeau (Gatineau), Marie-Eve Martel (Blainville), Émilie Payeur (Montréal), Amélie Proulx (Lévis), and Laura St.Pierre (Saskatoon), presented at the Stewart-Hall Art Gallery, from December 7, 2019 to Januaray 19, 2020. Human activity is closely connected to… Continue reading What Plants Can Tell

Delusional hedonism. NSPSLL! by Ludovic Boney

Ludovic Boney, NSPSLL, Action Art Actuel, Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, 2018. Photo : Marie Perrault

On an installation by Ludovic Boney at Centre Action Art Actuel (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc), March 15 – April 21, 2018, subsequently adapted for Le Lieu – Centre en art actuel (Quebec City) in 2019 and Galerie Pierre-François-Ouellette Art Contemporain (Montreal) in 2021.

Graeme Patterson. A Suitable Den. A Landmark Den

Graeme Patterson, A Suitable Den, Galerie des arts visuels de l’Université Laval (Laval University Visual Arts Gallery), 2018. (detail). Photo : Michel Boucher

For the Mois Multi 2018’s program, Graeme Patterson adapted an installation originally designed for the BMO Project Room, a small office on the 68th floor of the Bank of Montreal’s Toronto headquarters, which annually hosts an artist project that can be visited by appointment.