FRÉDÉRIC BACK/KEN MONKMAN - MMFA exhibition

This collection of beautiful animated cels by Montreal artist/filmmaker Frédéric Back is part of the bigger exposition EXPANDING HORIZONS that just recently opened. Much caring with the environment and its living animals, Back created these wonderful yet truthful animations of the urgency of the natural world today and understand the importance of life on Earth.

Frédéric Back: One With Nature
in part of Expanding Horizons/Grandeur Nature
June 18 to September 27, 2009

Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion
1379 rue Sherbrooke ouest, downtown
Level 2
free admission

PRESS RELEASE - FRÉDÉRIC BACK

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Feel free to also check out another exhibition Dance to the Berdashe by Toronto-based contemporary artist Ken Monkman (most famously for his iconic painting above). A great exhibit not to be missed!

Ken Monkman: Dance to the Berdashe
May 6 to October 4, 2009

Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
1380 rue Sherbrooke ouest, downtown
Level S2
free admission

PRESS RELEASE - KEN MONKMAN

INFRINGEMENT VERNISSAGE WITH... - group exhibition

I never really knew this local festival has been running for six years now, and I just found that out from one of my acquaintances I bumped into on a hot summer day.

This festival was created to opposed big-time corporations who use art as a business opportunity and branding art as their own; instead a group of artists must take action by creating this fest of alternative events to seek out that art is accepted to the audience by artists themselves and not the corporations.

I was invited by the unexpected stranger on the streets, this adorable artist Kayla Williamson of her vernissage down on Barfly this Thursday, along with four other amazing artists. I was quite surprised that when I did not heard of this festival, that now it is on its sixth day of the eleven days of "infringement". So join in on the fun of screwing corporations!

Infringment Vernissage With...
Alexandra Cuellar, Stephanie Laughlin, Mr. Saad, Kayla Williamson, Chirs Zacchia
at the Barfly
4062A St-Laurent
June 25th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
free admission
http://www.infringementfestival.com/montreal/2009/eng/25.html

Or check out the whole thing:
http://www.infringementfestival.com/montreal/

a simple drawing by Willy...

Ivy Howard - solo exhibition

For more info:
www.avenueart.ca

Support the artists! Two sites to check out...

PAPIRMASSE
Kirsten McCrea's own highly-awesome art magazine with real artworks made by the artist herself and deliver onto your own hands. The first monthly issue of Papirmasse has 1,000 copies, so buy right now by going to this site below and find the info for subscription:

hellokirsten.com/papirmasse
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INNOVATIVE MOTION
"Creativity shall see no END!" That is the motto for the trio of artists "K", BRICC Skerritt and C.R. Dubé, to support the growing art communities in Montréal. Support them by getting handmade T-shirts; you can buy one (or two if you`re giving one to a friend as a gift) by call or e-mail. Info is on the official blog below (official site will be up soon):

innovativemotion.blogspot.com
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Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko - MMFA exhibition

Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko

FREE ADMISSION
April 2nd - June 21st, 2009

at

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
1380 rue Sherbrooke ouest - 3rd floor

- Press Release -

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Here's a great illustration I found as an eulogy to Lennon by French artist Milo Manara

The Dreamachine (and a new documentary about it)

With a new NFB documentary FLicKeR coming at the Cinema du Parc this Friday one would wonder, what the heck is a Dreamachine? It's a high. No, it's not a drug, nor an alcohol content, but an art object.

What?!

Yeah, it's an art object that one can see with your eyes close, and once the person approach to it can experience in dream-like states. Although the documentary about the art object is also focusing on its creator - Beat founder Brion Gysin - the film explains the outcomes of the object's viewing pleasure that end in major controversies such as reports of epilepsy and nervous shocks.

See this film, but I'll bet if there's any scenes that's not suitable for people with any sensitive epileptic disorder...

FLicKeRFLicKeR.com - official site

- article from Montreal Mirror -

Artists To Look III

I'm a film fanatic, although I don't watch a lot of films. But there are people in films that interest me in a lot of ways. Here are two artists who once been into film business - an actor and a filmmaker - but kept art as a personal interest:

John Lurie
I haven't seen his latest paintings displayed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts last few months ago, which to me I never knew that he also a painter. Slowly noticed of his art talents, his paintings created a certain playfulness and sillyness in pop-primative style. If you may heard of him, he was with the jazz combo The Lounge Lizards in his early career and was in films by Jim Jarmusch such as Stranger Than Paradise and Down By Law (see the latter; great film!)

http://www.strangeandbeautiful.com/

Chris Marker
Away from the media, he was an internationally known experimental multimedia artist since the one particular film in the 60s that made him recognizable. La Jetée (definitely see this film if you are a film student or a film lover) is an unexpected science-fiction film made almost entirely of still images, which the storyline is the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's film 12 Monkeys. Recognized later of his video art, concerning about the digital age and the technological aspects of the future.

- article from Senses of Cinema -

Ljubomir Ivankovic - solo exhibition

For more info:
www.avenueart.ca

100 Ans De Hockey À Montréal - solo exhibition

Remember what I said about wanting to see more artworks about Canada's national sport and seemed that exhibition Arena: Art of Hockey just wasn't enough?

It is no surprise that Montreal overcomes hockey fever, especially when this year is the hundredth anniversary of one of the greatest teams in sports history.

So what did this local artist Benoit Desfosses do to pay tribute to the Montreal Canadiens? A big, BIG series of paintings, all about the history of the Habs. What else?


100 Ans De Hockey À Montréal
An tribute exhibition by Benoit Desfosses
March 18th - April 5th, 2009
Vernissage - March 18th; 6pm - 9pm

Galerie Du Viaduc
5806 St Laurent, (Angle Bernard)
Mile-End Montréal
514-996-3410

Gallery opening hours:
Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 13h00 to 17h00
Thursday, Friday 13H00 to 21h00

More info:
- Press Release -
www.benoitdesfosses.com