Magnificat, 2016-2017
Drawing, sculpture, photograph and installation
Paryse Martin and Josée Landry Sirois together engage in a game of formal and symbolic correspondences, in which the theme of joy is approached as a quest. Although the outcome of this adventure is far from certain, viewers are nonetheless challenged to get involved.
The Borough of Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge presents at the Maison Hamel-Bruneau
2608, chemin Saint-Louis
Quebec city
418 641-6280
maisonsdupatrimoine.com
February 17 to May 14
Wednesday to Sunday – 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Opening – February 15, 5:30 p.m.
Opening – February 19, 11 a.m.
Josée Landry Sirois
(Quebec City, Canada)
Paryse Martin
(United States/ Quebec City, Canada)
Josée Landry Sirois has a degree in art and a post-graduate certificate in the publishing of artists’ books from Université Laval. Her work has been shown in several solo and group exhibitions in Quebec City and elsewhere in Canada.
Paryse Martin has a degree in visual arts from Université Laval and a doctorate in the practice and study of art from Université du Québec in Montreal. Her work has been shown at numerous exhibitions in Canada and around the world. Martin has also made more than ten public artworks in Quebec.
Works by Martin and by Landry Sirois are in numerous private and public collections and especially the ‘Prêt d’œuvres d’art’ collection at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Both artists are represented by Galerie Michel Guimont (Quebec City).
