Library exhibits : Québec

This collaboration is supported by the Entente de développement culturel between the government of Quebec and Quebec City.

Since January 2019, Manif d’art and the Bibliothèque de Québec have organized visual arts and applied arts exhibits in several Quebec City libraries. In addition to reinventing exhibition spaces that are accessible to all, the project aims to make tangible contributions to the careers of a new generation of local artists.

Gisements II

Alexanne Dunn

Bibliothèque Aliette-Marchand, from September 1, 2020, to October 31, 2020

Like the sedimentary strata still visible after the asbestos is extracted, the artist’s coloured canvases are layered with meanings that characterize her paradoxical relationship with the striking surroundings of her childhood.

© La mine National, Alexanne Dunn, 2017, oil on canvas.

Artist’s website

Représentation

Olivier Moisan Dufour

Bibliothèque Paul-Aimé-Paiement, from August 24, 2020, to September 25, 2020

The artist uses drawings to imagine abstract three-dimensional compositions before expressing them sculpturally with stacked recycled wood and then transposing the image back to canvas with meticulous pictorial detail.

© Un socle, (sculptures), 2019, Olivier Moisan Dufour.

Artist’s website

Symbioses II

Audrée Demers-Roberge

Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, from July 31, 2020, to October 14, 2020

The transposition of one medium to another creates an opening for questions on the nature of the art object and its (re)presentation.

© Symbioses (photography), Audrée Demers-Roberge

Artist’s website

Gisement I

Alexanne Dunn

Bibliothèque Paul-Aimé-Paiement, from January to February 2020

Alexanne Dunn's pictorial explorations in Gisement I are an ambiguous ode to the industrial landscapes of her hometown of Thetford Mines.

© Vue sur la mine Beaver 2, Alexanne Dunn, 2017, oil on canvas.

Artist’s website

Représentation

Olivier Dufour Moisan

Bibliothèque Aliette-Marchand, from January 18 to March 1, 2020

The artist uses drawings to imagine abstract three-dimensional compositions before expressing them sculpturally with stacked recycled wood and then transposing the image back to canvas with meticulous pictorial detail.

© Deux objets abstraits, (sculptures), 2019, Olivier Moisan Dufour.

Artist’s website

Aménagement dans 1147 pi³

Kassandra Graham

Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, from January 15 to March 30, 2020

Kassandra Graham sprobes the roots of individual and collective identities that are inherent in domestic spaces and the daily objects that inhabit them.

© Beige (detail from installation), Kassandra Graham, 2019.

Artist’s website

Dis-moi un secret

Nadia Morin

Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, from October 29 to December 18, 2019

For Dis-moi un secret, Nadia Morin collects anonymous secrets and reinterprets and reimagines them in a dreamlike visual universe.

© Je rêve encore à mon ex, Nadia Morin, collage numérique, 2018.

Artist’s website

Marée haute

Andréanne Jacques

Bibliothèque Aliette-Marchand, from October 4 to November 27, 2019

Marée haute is an installation composed of hundreds of strips of tracing paper suspended and overlapping in translucent cascades.

© Marrée haute, Andréanne Jacques, installation, 2018.

Artist’s website

Systématique

Andréanne Jacques

Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, rom August 29 to October 27, 2019

In the series Systématique, the patterns of lines and hatchings repeated on the surface suggest an exercise reflecting on the reproducibility of the printed image.

© Systématique (détail), Andréanne Jacques, impressions sérigraphiques, 2016, photo : Ivan Binet.

Artist’s website

High five à ma solitude

Manon Maurios

Bibliothèque Aliette-Marchand, from July 3 to August 26, 2019

High five à ma solitude is a series of self-portraits by Manon Maurios created from heterogenous, cobbled-together items, displaying a faux naïf esthetic and an assured tactile approach.

© High Five à ma solitude, Manon Maurios, Sculpture, 2018.

Artist’s website

Portraits doubles

Rosalie Gamache

Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, from June 27 to August 27, 2019
Bibliothèque Paul-Aimé-Paiement, from October 5 to 30, 2019

Portraits doubles is a series of paintings and sculptures that tackles the fluidity of gender identity through a consideration of the fascinating world of drag queens and other LGBTQ subjects.

© Marie-Andrée Ouimet / Mao II, 2019. Rosalie Gamache. Huile sur panneau de bois marouflé de coton, 50,8 X 40,64 cm

Artist’s website

Gratte-ciel

Dany Massicotte

Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, from May 7 to June 25, 2019

Gratte-ciel is a powerful video installation redeploying an object performance featuring an architectural sculpture equipped with an internal self-destruct mechanism.

© Gratte-ciel, Dany Massicotte, video, 2018.

Artist’s website

Saint-Centre, Sauveur Durocher.

Samuel Breton

Bibliothèque Aliette-Marchand, from May 3 to 30, 2019

In this exhibit, printed art, video animations, and artefacts bring to light the connections between architectural heritage and collective identity.

© Saint-Centre, Sauveur Durocher (détail), Samuel Breton, artefacts, dessin et sérigraphie, 2017.

Babel

Hélène Matte

Bibliothèque Claire – Martin, from January 22 to March 17, 2019

Celebrating diversity and difference, the video-poetry of Babel highlights the beauty of harmonious social togetherness with images of children playing.

© Babel, Ensemble poétique combinant la vidéo, l’art sonore, le texte et les images, Hélène Matte et le collectif ZumTrobaR, 2018-2019

Artist’s website

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