Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme

Stéphane Gilot
Sortie 4, action à Bruxelles dans le cadre de l’exposition Ex situ, 2007
Photo: Stéphane Gilot

Michel de Broin, Black Whole Conference, 2006. Photo: Michel de Broin

To be held every three years, the Triennial is the result of extensive field research by the Musée’s curators, who combed numerous exhibitions and artists’ studios over the last year looking for the very best in contemporary Québec art. The works of the more than 30 artists selected will be on view from May 24 to September 7, 2008. For the first time in the Musée’s history, the exhibition will be presented in all the museum’s galleries. Mirroring the subject matter of the various works, the exhibition title is inspired by Lavoisier’s famous saying: Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée. Tout se transforme. (Nothing is lost, nothing is created. Everything is transformed.)

All of today’s artistic media will be featured: painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation. It’s the most ambitious Québec contemporary art exhibition of its kind ever presented.

Josée Bélisle, Mark Lanctôt, Pierre Landry and chief curator Paulette Gagnon are responsible for this exhibition. Lesley Johnstone is the project coordinator.