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▲ GROUP EXHIBITION @ ART BERMONDSEY PROJECT SPACE (LONDON, UK)

CANADA NOW – THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
Curated by Anaïs Castro

Opening: November 1 · 2017 ⁄ 6–9pm
Exhibition: November 1 – November 25 · 2017

PATRICK BÉRUBÉ
SIMON BILODEAU
JAMES NIZAM
SONNY ASSU
JANNICK DESLAURIERS
KARINE GIBOULO
GUILLAUME LA CAHPELLE
LAURENT LAMERCHE
CAL LANE
MARIE-ÈVE LEVASSEUR
NADIA MYRE
KARINE PAYETTE

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Art Mûr celebrates its first year in Europe since opening a space in Germany in September 2016 through a two-part exhibition titled Canada Now presented at Canada House and Art Bermondsey Project Space in London.

The first part of the exhibition is titled Canada Now – Self-Abstractions and presents five Canadian artists to show on the theme of conceptual self-portraiture. The exhibition is on until 18 November 2017 in the gallery of Canada House in Trafalgar Square, a prestigious neoclassical building designed by Robert Smirke, the same architect responsible for the British Museum. On November 2, The High Commission of Canada will host a panel discussion with Jannick Deslauriers, Marie-Ève Levasseur and Nadia Myre and moderated by Habda Rashid, Assistant Curator at the White Chapel Gallery.

The second part of the project is titled Canada Now – The Tip of the Iceberg and is comprised of works by 12 Canadian artists at Art Bermondsey Project Space, one of London’s most dynamic contemporary art venues. This independent non-for-profit gallery is an initiative of State Magazine and Olympus. The space located transversely from the prestigious White Cube gallery offers a platform for innovative artistic practices over the three floors of a former 19th-century paper mill. The artists brought together for The Tip of the Iceberg play with perceptions to compel their viewers to devote a prolonged look or a second perspective in order to fully comprehend what is presented. Through a variety of mediums ranging from installation to video art and photography, the exhibition testifies to the complexity of a world in constant flux and aims to disavow initial preconceptions while promoting prudent attention and critical examination.

Canada Now aims to reflect the Canadian art landscape in its engagement with contemporary concerns through a variety of artistic productions. The two exhibitions represent a unique opportunity for Canadian artists to be showcased in one of the most important art capitals of the world. The two-part project will be covered through a publication that will be launched at the Délégation du Québec à Londres on November 3.

Catalogue Available

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Art Bermondsey Project Space
183-185 Bermondsey Street
London (UK), SE1 3UW
project-space.london

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▲ GROUP EXHIBITION @ MUSÉE RÉGIONAL DE RIMOUSKI ( QUEBEC )

LA CHOSE EN SOI
Curated by Ève De Garie-Lamanque

Opening: June 11 · 2017
Exhibition: June 11 – September 24 · 2017

MICHEL DE BROIN
CFCF
COZIC
JACINTHE LESSARD-L
MICAH LEXIER
AXEL LIEBER
KRISTIN NELSON
JAMES NIZAM
ROULA PARTHENIOU
MICHAEL A.ROBINSON

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Dans l’exposition La Chose en Soi, dix artistes sont réunis et repensent la nature et la dynamiques des relations entre l’objet et l’individu.

Cette exposition poursuit la réflexion entamée avec L’etat des choses (2016), qui regroupait une vingtaine d’œuvres de la collection en art contemporain du Musée régional de Rimouski. Elle s’inscrit en outre dans la foulêe du opéré il y a une trentaine d’ années dans les sciences sociales – virage qui a réintroduit l’objet dan l’analyse des phénomènes culturels et sociaux, en mettant en question le statut passif de l’objet inanimé, de même que la dynamique sujet-objet tout entière.

La Chose en soi regroupe un trnetaine d’œuvers des artistes Michel de Broin (Québec), CFCF (Québec), Cozic (Québec), Jacinthe Lessard-L (Québec), Micah Lexier (Ontario), Axel Lieber (Allemagne et Suède), Kristin Nelson (Manitoba), James Nizam (Colombie-Britannique), Roula Parteniou (Ontario) et Michael A Robinson (Québec).

L’objet d’usage et le produit de consommation sont mis au premier plan dans leurs vidéos, installations, sculptures, photographies, œuvers musicales et textiles. Malgré leur apparence familière – presque réconfortante –, ces œuvres traitent pourtant toutes de notre complexe rapport au monde. Elles communiquent la profonde altérité et l’impénétrabilité du monde d’objets que est désormais le nôtre.

Download Exhibition Publication

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Musée Régional De Rimouski
35, Rue Saint-Germain O.
Rimouski, Québec
www.museerimouski.qc.ca

▲ LONG LISTED FOR 2017 SOBEY ART AWARD

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The Sobey Art Award is the pre-eminent prize for Canadian artists 40 and under. Presented annually, the award celebrates some of our country’s most exciting young artists and provides significant financial recognition. This year it will present $110,000 in prize money — including a top prize of $50,000 for the winner. Each of the four finalists will receive $10,000, and the other long-listed artists will receive $1000 each.

Since its inception in 2001, the Sobey Art Award has had an undeniable impact on the careers of young Canadian contemporary artists. Within little more than a decade, the Sobey Art Award and its attendant publicity have also boosted mainstream awareness and acceptance of contemporary art in this country.

As one of Canada’s most important art prizes, the Sobey Art Award has helped to make many of its shortlisted artists household names within the international art world. Many curators, both at home and abroad, also look to the Sobey Art Award longlist to see who’s who in contemporary Canadian art.

Each year, a panel of curatorial advisors, consisting of a noted gallery representative in each of five different regions — the West Coast and the Yukon, the Prairies and the North, Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces — and an international juror, develops a longlist of 25 Canadian artists (five from each region). The artists must have had at least one gallery show within 18 months of being nominated. The panel then meets and chooses its shortlist, with one finalist from each region.

The work of the winner and four finalists is also presented in a group exhibition that will be on view from 24 October to 9 December 2017. This year’s host venue is the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.

The 2017 Sobey Art Award is jointly administered by the National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation.

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For more information visit:
National Gallery Of Canada
www.sobeyartaward.com