The Art Collective

This is the press release for The Art Collective's CDEx show. The poster for the show can be seen in the Photos section of our website. Thanks to Juliana Espana Keller for her assistance in curating the ground-breaking Detour show and collaborating with us in its execution.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
For more information please CONTACT:
Robert Winters | robertwinters@videotron.ca

THE ART COLLECTIVE is pleased to announce
DETOUR
Montréal, Québec
CDEx Gallery
à UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal), Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, JR-930
405 Ste. Catherine St. E.

Url: www.theartcollective.net

Dates: 13. 05 – 19. 05 | 2006
Opening Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Closing party: Friday | 19. 05. 2006 | 16:00h – 20:00h

Opening May 13th, 2006, and in process through May 19 th, 2006, in the CDEx gallery of UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal); The Art Collective presents: DETOUR.

This experimental laboratory centers upon the concept of creating fieldwork in a visible open studio as ‘the art collective’. The key element is to create a critical awareness of the collective’s production process by turning its internal mechanism inside out.
This weeklong event provides the collective the ability to present and articulate their concerns through interaction with the public and the local art community. The links that are formed through the medium of drawing are being developed through collaboration and evolution of the medium in relation to object making or works related to the body and identity.
The gallery’s physical visibility to a street level audience is vital in attracting the public to come into the gallery and create with the artists involved; a wall mural, drawing on gessoed “found objects”, a connect the dots art work and more……in fact everybody is invited to participate in the unfolding process…..

UQAM has generously provided the graduate student gallery as an adopted site for this investigation and for the duration of one week. Other associations from the art community invited by the collective are encouraged participating and fusing with the collective process. As well, collaboration in this project with artists affiliated with UQAM’s fine arts program is an important link in the collaborative process of creation.

For additional information and please contact:
Robert Winters | robertwinters@videotron.ca
THE ART COLLECTIVE - www.theartcollective.net
Montréal, Québec
CDEX Gallery
à UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal), Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, JR-930
405 Ste. Catherine St. E.

Runs from 13. 05 – 19. 05 | 2006
Opening Hours: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Closing party: Friday | 19. 05. 2006 | 16:00h – 21:00