Pilar Albarracín

Pyrofolies (Expérience 1), 2017 Video Furor latino, 2003 Video Fuegos artificiales, 2015 Embroidery on silk A committed feminist, Pilar Albarracín is a leading figure in the world of Spanish art. With simple gestures, she creates powerful and poetic works that call into question numerous clichés, in particular those associated with Andalusian identity, religion, politics and […]

Carlos Amorales

Ghost Crowd, 2017 Installation Firmly rooted in today’s world, Carlos Amorales constantly questions its meaning and expressions. For the Biennial, he is proposing new interpretations of our common languages, inviting the public to interact directly with this re-creation.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée Ouest 418 643-2150 mnbaq.org […]

BGL

Canadassimo (L’Atelier), 2015-2017 Adaptation of a portion of a work presented at the Venice Biennale Behind the joyous disorder of this installation lies a reflection on our relationship with art and consumption, and even more so on the happiness of freely creating and surrendering to the little pleasures—guilty or otherwise—of everyday life.   Musée national […]

Christian Boltanski

Animitas, 2017 Video projection Conjuring up ancestral rites, Christian Boltanski creates universal works that reconcile our collective memory with our private inner worlds. His installations in natural settings stand as permanent monuments for humanity in distant places: monuments to lost souls, memorials for the living and the dead, odes to past lives, to humanity.   […]

Clément Cogitore

L’intervalle de résonance, 2016 Assange dancing, 2012 Élégies, 2014 Videos Clément Cogitore is here proposing three video works that may be seen as both independent and complementary, in which myth and poetry offset the shortcomings of reality. The artist thus sets up a dialogue between the real and the imaginary, allowing us to glimpse new […]

Robbin Deyo

Throb, 2017 In situ painting Robbin Deyo incites us to ponder the inescapable dichotomy between life and death: between the “lifelines” moving on the wall and the inevitable end of movement. Throb is thus a formal expression of the desire to seize the present moment.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde […]

Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell

Joyeux festin, 2016-2017 Installation Although Joyeux festin may at first seem sentimental or sickly-sweet, certain equivocal details suggest that appearances may be deceiving. Within this opulent décor, we discover eruptions of joy here and there: evidence of a powerful and spontaneous passion.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée […]

Coco Guzman

Paraiso/Paradis, 2017 Drawing Paradis depicts a large, luxuriant garden enclosed by walls that both protect those inside and keep out intruders. Although it may seem legitimate to defend this paradise, Coco Guzman raises the question of sharing, of openness to others.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée Ouest […]

Steve Heimbecker

NOTES, 2015 Interactive installation Steve Heimbecker creates works that use sound as a material that is both tangible and evanescent. Via the 53 screens of NOTES, viewers enter a captivating visual and audio world, immersing themselves in this rhizome-like poem.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée Ouest 418 […]

Annette Messager

Danses du scalp, 2012 Kinetic installation The installation Danses du scalp portrays a woman – Annette Messager – and the world in which she lives: a society that never ceases to reinvent itself, that resists and defies expectations.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée Ouest 418 643-2150 mnbaq.org […]

Pierre&Marie

Soudain, la beauté, 2017 Installation With Soudain, la beauté, the Pierre&Marie collective has created a strange and mysterious forest. Like a freeze-frame in a story about to turn, the remaining narrative belongs to the viewer, who may detect signs of renewal in this commonplace but intriguing scenario.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon […]

Vicky Sabourin

Lac caché, 2016 Installation and performance Inspired by a true story, this installation-performance evokes the memories of a traumatic event. Through them, Vicky Sabourin immerses viewers in a world at once luminous and dark.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée Ouest 418 643-2150 mnbaq.org   February 17 to […]

Morgane Tschiember

Peinture fraîche, 2017 Performance Summoning the figure of the Pink Panther, a comic and touching symbol, Morgane Tschiember invites her favourite character to perform at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec: repainting the exhibition room walls in the animal’s unmistakable shade of pink.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, […]

Mathieu Valade

Mathieu Valade Manifeste, 2015 Video installation Like a trailer for a science fiction film, this installation presents some of the great artistic events of the modern era, inviting viewers to play an active role, to be more critical and curious about the precepts governing our society.   The artist would like to thank Laurie-Anne Dufour […]

Jean-Luc Verna

Paramour, 2012 Drawing By distorting the famous Paramount logo, French artist Jean-Luc Verna has devised his own emblem: Paramour. He is thus underscoring the vanity of this type of symbol, while at the same time creating his own legend.   Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, pavillon Pierre Lassonde 179, Grande Allée Ouest 418 643-2150 […]