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 Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, YK

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

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, Gilles Boisvert, 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, Serge Lemoyne, Naomi London, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, André Martin, Roman Opalka, Dennis Oppenheim, Rober Racine, Monique Régimbald-Zeiber, Judit Reigl, Larry Rivers, Louise Robert, Francine Savard, Michael Snow, Jana Sterbak, Serge Tousignant and Colette Whiten.

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: Machines at Play

September 27, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, United States

January 17 – March 29, 2009
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

January 31 – May 18, 2009
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

December 20, 2009 – March 15, 2010
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS

January 8 – March 21, 2010
The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB

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.

Highlights from the Collection of the MACM
Momentum Series

Adad Hannah
January 16 – March 14, 2010
The Rodman Hall Centre / Brock University, Ste. Catharines, ON

Spring Hurlbut
October – December, 2010
The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, AB

Adad Hannah • Mark Lewis
November 10 – December 22, 2010
Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery, Whitehorse, YK

The touring project Momentum includes major works selected from the recent acquisitions of the MACM. This series proposes, in particular, works by Darren Almond – In the Between (2006), Christine Davis – Not I/Pas moi (2006-2007), Manon de Pauw – Fantasmagorie lumineuse (2007), Adad Hannah – Cuba Still (Remake) (2005), Spring Hurlbut – Le Jardin du sommeil (1998), Mark Lewis – Rush Hour, Morning and Evening, Cheapside (2005), Vik Muniz – Black et Orange (2007), two pieces from Vik Muniz’s series Pictures of Magazine (monochromes), as well as works by Yannick Pouliot – Eastlake: intransigeant (2007) and Franz West – Chameleon (2004).

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

Betty Goodwin: A Critical Survey through the Prism of the MACM Collection

November 25, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (to be confirmed)
The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, Abbotsford, BC

January 14 – March 6, 2011
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS

June – September, 2011
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

Dates to be confirmed
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
Galerie d’art du Centre culturel de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
The Rooms, St. John’s, NL

Drawing from the permanent collection of the MACM an ensemble of over forty works by Betty Goodwin, this touring exhibition offers a critical journey into a unique and luminous body of work where an acute awareness of the human condition combines with the knowledge that pain, death and oblivion are also part of the unconsciousness.

Upcoming touring exhibitions:

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

Marcel Dzama
Showing at MAC: February 4 – April 25, 2010
Tour begins June 2010

Luanne Martineau
Showing at MAC: February 4 – April 25, 2010
Tour begins June 2010

Karl Lemieux: Mamori
Showing at MAC: January 13 – March 14, 2010
Tour begins April 2010

David Ross
Showing at MAC: May 21 – September 6, 2010
Tour begins October 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:

View of the exhibition Betty Goodwin: A Critical Survey through the Prism of the MACM Collection
Showing at MACM: May 22 – October 4, 2009
Photo: Richard-Max Tremblay
©MACM