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December 23, 2006

François Morelli's show in Outremont/l'exposition de François Morelli

Montreal artist François Morelli's latest show, Parades, opens Jan. 11, 2007, and runs until Feb. 4, at la Galerie d’art d’Outremont. François, who has provided advice to The Art Collective and co-curated one of its shows,

Below is a description of his show, from the Gallery's website, which is at:http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/page/arr_out_fr/media/documents/Calendrier_expositions_2006-07.pdf

Il nous fait plaisir de vous annoncer l’exposition Parades de François Morelli qui aura lieu à la Galerie d’art d’Outremont du 11 janvier au 4 février 2007.

English translation of the text on the website, followed by the French text on the website:

For more than 15 years, François Morelli has printed on various media (paper, walls, sheets, clothing, skins…) through the use of special ink stamps he has produced by a Montreal company. He chooses each of the images, which he finds in illustrated books, his sketchbooks or in the objects in his work environment. As with collage, this involves a conversation of juxtaposition and inclusion. This heterogeneous compositional approach has parallels with Byzantine mosaic work as well as with the lyricism of heavy metal images on rock T-shirts.

Depuis plus de 15 ans, François Morelli imprime sur divers supports (papiers, murs, draps, vêtements, peaux…) à l’aide de tampons encreurs qu’il fait fabriquer mécaniquement par une industrie spécialisée. Il sélectionne chacune des images, qu’il récupère dans des livres illustrés, dans ses cahiers à dessins ou à partir d’objets se retrouvant dans son environnement de travail.
Comme dans le cas de la technique du collage, il s’agit très souvent d’opérer une rhétorique de la juxtaposition et de l’inclusion. Cette constitution hétérogène rappelle autant les mosaïques byzantines que l’imprimé heavy métal et pourtant lyrique d’un t-shirt de rocker.

December 21, 2006

Bunker 2006: New Show by The Art Collective

Bunker 2006, the latest show by The Art Collective, was on display in the lobby of Concordia University's Visual Arts Building in November-December 2006.

You can see the pieces in the show in our gallery, under Our Work.

The show, curated by Montreal artist Adrian Norvid, was exhibited while Adrian's own show was ongoing at Joyce Yahouda Gallery, at the Belgo building in downtown Montreal, 372 Ste. Catherine St. W., Suite 516.
You can visit the gallery's website at:
http://www.joyceyahoudagallery.com/

Collective member Stephanie Reynolds served as a curator at the Bunker 2006 show, working on the display of the work chosen by Adrian Norvid and playing an active role in co-ordinating the design and execution of the interactive underground bunker piece. Stephanie worked on many of the collective pieces chosen by Adrian for the show.

Adrian, who is giving feedback for the collective this year, is visiting professor of painting and drawing in the Studio Arts program of Concordia University’s Fine Arts Faculty. Adrian came up with the Bunker project idea during a discussion with collective co-ordinator Robert Winters about the collective’s special events this year.