Exhibitions of the Musée on tour across Canada

De l’écriture [With Writing]: Selected Works from the Collection of the Musée d’art contemporain

November 7, 2006 – January 21, 2007
Musée régional de la Côte Nord, Sept-Îles, QC

October 29 – December 15, 2007
Galerie d'art du Centre culturel de l'Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC

April 18 - June 1st, 2008
Part I at the Centre d'exposition d'Amos, Amos, QC

April 18 - June 1st, 2008
Part II at the Centre d'exposition de Val d'Or, Val d'Or, QC

January 15 - March 15, 2009
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YK

March - May, 2009
The Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

July 11 – September 6, 2009
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

October - December 2009
The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB

De l’écriture [With Writing], a thematic exhibition from the collection of the MAC, highlights the vital importance of words, texts and literary references for some of the key art practices of contemporary art.

The exhibition includes works by Raymonde April, Pierre Ayot, Gilles Boisvert, Jean-François Bory, Marie-Claude Bouthillier, Ian Carr-Harris, Melvin Charney, Greg Curnoe, Manon De Pauw, Christian Dotremont, Charles Gagnon, Raymond Gervais, Jochen Gerz, Betty Goodwin, Takashi Hayashi, Gary Hill, Ilya Kabakov, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, George Legrady, Loïc Le Groumellec, Serge Lemoyne, Naomi London, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, André Martin, Roman Opalka, Dennis Oppenheim, Rober Racine, Monique Régimbald-Zeiber, Judith Reigl, Larry Rivers, Louise Robert, Francine Savard, Michael Snow, Jana Sterbak, Serge Tousignant, Colette Whiten, Ewa Monika Zebrowski.

Different versions of the exhibition can be organized in collaboration with each participating institution.

This touring exhibition has obtained financial assistance from the Department of Canadian Heritage through its Museum Assistance Program.

Jean-Pierre Gauthier

September 27, 2008 – January 3, 2009
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, United States

January 17 – April 5, 2009
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

January 24 – May 17, 2009
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

September 19, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

Jean-Pierre Gauthier has been active on the contemporary art scene since the mid-1990s, when he quickly gained recognition for the inventiveness of his work. The kinetic installations that have emerged from his exploration of the acoustic and metaphorical potential of the found object combine humour and poetry in a highly rigorous investigative approach. With an ingenuity seldom seen, they bring together the notions of order and chaos, permanence and fragility, performance and gratuitousness. This exhibition of works from the past ten years is the first comprehensive survey of his artistic career.

This touring exhibition has obtained financial assistance from the Department of Canadian Heritage through its Museum Assistance Program.


Milutin Gubash

September 5, 2008 – January 3, 2009
Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB

With seeming simplicity, the artistic work of Milutin Gubash explores the complexity of our relationships with the people around us, the places in which we find ourselves and the events—sometimes stranger than fiction—that occur there. Lots offers a survey of Gubash’s video works since 2004.

Sur papier ou presque… Dessins de la Collection du MAC

November 21, 2008 – February 25, 2009
Orangerie du Domaine de Madame Elizabeth, Versailles, France

Upcoming touring exhibitions:

 
Geoffrey Farmer
Showing at MAC: February 8 - April 20, 2008
Tour begins May 2008

Thomas Nozkowski
Showing at MAC: May 23 - October 11, 2009
Tour begins November 2009

Momentum: A forward look at the present
Tour begins May 2009

Robert Polidori
Showing at MAC: May 23 – September 7, 2009
Tour begins October 2009

Lynne Marsh
Showing at MAC: November 5, 2008 – February 8, 2009
Tour begins May 2009

Francine Savard
Showing at MAC: October 9, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Tour begins April 2010 

Further information:

Digital images, fact sheets and publications for each exhibition are available upon request. For more information, please contact Emeren García, Head of Touring Exhibitions:

Tel.: (514) 847-6288
Fax: (514) 847-6293
Email: emeren.garcia@macm.org

Credit:

Rober Racine, Spica, 1999 – 2000
Collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Photo: Richard-Max Tremblay
Courtesy of the artist