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Par Chemin Art Exhibition & Other Book Launch


par chemin art show montreal Par Chemin Art Exhibition & Other Book Launch

Yves Laroche Galerie d’art and Pop Montreal are proud to present

PAR CHEMIN and PUBLISHED/SELF-PUBLISHED

Sept. 30th to Oct. 3rd 2010
Vernissage : Thursday Sept. 30th 2010 ,6pm-9pm

In association with Art Pop, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art is proud to present a remarkable 2010 line up during Montreal’s renown POP Montreal. Inaugurating two newly established multi-media spaces, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art will be hosting two major events during this year’s edition of the music festival.

Espace 1 will feature Par Chemin, a group exhibition of works on paper. Curating the exhibition is multi-disciplinary artist Other, who will be launching his newest book   “Other – The artwork of Troy Lovegates” published by Anteism.

In Espace 2, Pica Magazine and Palimpsest Magazine will be presenting Published/Self-Published, a collection of contemporary fanzines and other publications.  Pica Magazine selected local and international artists, bloggers and designers who  will each be presenting their own series of original zines, in innovative mediums and subjects. Simultaneously, Palimpsest Magazine will showcase a multi-disciplinary book fair featuring imported publications, all available for purchase.  Furniture exclusively designed by Mikaël Baillairgé will set the mood for a contemporary platform of objectified information.

Additionally, TRUSSTclub and 1976.tv will open a multimedia installation inspired by  the Dark Night of the Soul project (Danger Mouse, David Lynch) curated by Jean-Luc Della Montagna.

Continuing to mark new ground for the local creative community, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art and Espace 1 & 2 welcome all to the opening of Par Chemin as well as Published/Self-Published on Thursday, September 30th 2010 from 6pm to 9 pm.


www.yveslaroche.com
www.popmontreal.com/art
www.anteism.com
www.flickr.com/photos/other/
www.picamag.com
www.cargocollective.com/palimpsest/


Yves Laroche Galerie d’art et Pop Montréal sont heureux de présenter
PAR CHEMIN et PUBLIÉ/AUTOPUBLIÉ
Du 30 Sept. au 3 Oct. 2010
Vernissage : Jeudi le 30 Septembre 2010 , 18h-21h

En collaboration avec Art Pop, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art est heureuse de présenter une programmation 2010 remarquable dans le cadre du traditionnel festival POP Montréal. Pour inaugurer deux nouveaux espaces multimédias, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art sera l’hôte de deux événements majeurs dans le cadre de l’édition annuelle du festival de musique.

Espace 1 pr√©sentera Par Chemin, une exposition collective d‚Äô≈ìuvres sur papier. Le commissaire de l‚Äôexposition n‚Äôest nul autre que l‚Äôartiste multidisciplinaire Other, qui lancera son tout nouveau livre intitul√© “Other ‚Äì The artwork of Troy Lovegates”, publi√© par Anteism.

Dans l‚ÄôEspace 2, Pica magazine pr√©sentera Publi√©/Autopubli√©, une collection de publication en s√©rie par des designers graphiques et artistes innovant de fa√ßon ind√©pendante en mati√®re d’imprim√©. Pour compl√©ter, le magazine Palimpsest vous conviera √† une foire de livres multidisciplinaires dans laquelle on y retrouvera diverses publications internationales qui seront √©galement en vente. Un mobilier sign√© Mika√´l Baillairg√© supportera ces propositions contemporaines pour l’objectivation de l’information.

De plus, Trusst Club et 1976.tv présenteront une installation multimédia inspirée par le projet Dark Night of the Soul (Danger Mouse, David Lynch) signée Jean-Luc Della Montagna.

Toujours aussi dévoués à soutenir de nouvelles avenues au sein de la communauté artistique locale, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art et Espace 1 et 2 vous invitent au vernissage des expositions Par Chemin et Publié/Autopublié, le jeudi 30 septembre 2010, de 18h à 21h.

Hildebrand – Peepshow & Long Drop Book Launch


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Dil Hildebrand : Peepshow & Long Drop Book Launch

9 septembre – 16 octobre 2010 /¬† 9 September – 16 October 2010

Opening: Thursday, September 9th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm (the artist will be in attendance)
Vernissage : le jeudi 9 septembre de 17h00 √† 19h00 (en pr√©sence de l’artiste)


Peepshow

“This is a process of seeing which invites the spectator to become an ‘optical producer’ as well as spectator – creating a theater for contemplation upon the act of seeing and the mechanics of representation.¬† This interactive drama plays out what is essential to all radical pictorial art, not the formulation of frozen iconic emblems that ‘illustrate’ ideas, but the active recognition…in the mind’s eye during the contemplation of pictorial art of our own comparative experiences of the visual complexity of everyday life.”

- Ian Wallace, from Corner of the Studio (1993) and El Taller (1993):  A Description and Reflection Upon Two Recent Works

Pierre-Fran√ßois Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to present Peepshow, the latest solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Dil Hildebrand. For this, his third solo exhibition at the gallery, Hildebrand meditates on the theme of the artist’s studio.¬† What results in Peepshow is a further negotiation of the opposing forces of space and surface within painting.¬† In characteristic fashion, a host of references converge in these new works; film, theatre, historical painting and documentary photography are all consciously evoked and explored here, revealing their influence throughout the exhibition.

Peepshow is, in one sense, a hall of funny mirrors, distorting the artist’s studio and absurdly reflecting it as an alter ego of the gallery.¬† Deep and seductive, this new suite of paintings beckons all to come inside to the world inhabited by the now-absent artist, inviting them to consider their own relation to its artistic production.¬† Hildebrand gives us a veil of colour through which to peer into this private setting, and thereby renders us into dormant observers standing at the threshold.¬† While a theme of “transparent surface” is apparent in the paintings, this device seems rather to demonstrate how impervious the canvases truly are; from behind curtains of florid colour the paintings lure yet refuse to reflect.¬† In all, Peepshow may be regarded as a contemplation of the aesthetic, technical and hierarchical relations that exist between painting, drawing and photography.¬† By reversing the photographic image into the background, it is as though figure and ground have been inverted.¬† In this drama, the fore-grounded paint is no longer cast in its familiar role as ground but is thrown forward into a role playing itself, as a figure upon the stage.

In a new series of charcoal drawings, Hildebrand takes a different view of the studio.¬† Cast in dramatic lighting and framed in letterbox, these delicate drawings are quiet peeks into dark places within the workspace, as though gleaned from an imagined film noir. While appearing to be drawn from photographs, they are in fact drawn from life and lit from the artist’s imagination.¬† One suspects just how filmic the imagination has become, considering the fidelity to photographic appearance that is evident in this work.

Dil Hildebrand was born in 1974 in Winnipeg, Canada. He obtained his MFA at Concordia University, Montreal in 2008. In 2006 he won the RBC Canadian Painting Competition and has since participated in many exhibitions throughout Canada, the United States and abroad.¬† In October 2010 he will exhibit new work at the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale 2010 in Beijing, China.¬† Upcoming exhibitions include a solo show at YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, in Fall 2011.¬† He lives and works in Montreal.

The artist would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

All works being presented will be available for viewing on our web site during the vernissage (Thursday, September 9th at 5:00 pm)

BOOK LAUNCH

Saturday, September 25 at 2:30 pm (as part of Les journées de la culture)

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Long Drop: The Paintings of Dil Hildebrand
featuring essays by Louise Déry and Richard Rhodes, and an interview by Christine Redfern

Join us at the gallery for the Montreal launch of the new artist’s monograph Long Drop: The Paintings of Dil Hildebrand published by Anteism Publishing and distibuted by the RCAAQ. Featuring a roundtable discussion with Hildebrand and Harley Smart (Anteism) on the challenges of publishing an artist’s monograph.


Peepshow

¬´ Ceci est un processus du regard qui invite le regardeur √† devenir ”producteur optique” aussi bien que spectateur, cr√©ant de la sorte un th√©√¢tre de contemplation pour l’acte de regarder et la m√©canique de la repr√©sentation. Ce drame interactif met en sc√®ne ce qui est essentiel √† tout art pictural radical; non pas la formulation d’embl√®mes iconiques statiques qui ”illustrent” des id√©es, mais plut√¥t la reconnaissance active… au yeux de l’esprit, durant la contemplation de l’art pictural, de nos propres exp√©riences comparatives de la complexit√© visuelle de la vie quotidienne. ¬ª

- Ian Wallace, Corner of the Studio (1993) and El Taller (1993):A Description and Reflection Upon Two Recent Works

Pierre-Fran√ßois Ouellette art contemporain (PFOAC) a le plaisir de pr√©senter Peepshow, la plus r√©cente exposition personnelle de peintures et de dessins de Dil Hildebrand. Pour sa troisi√®me exposition personnelle √† la galerie PFOAC, Hildebrand a choisi de m√©diter sur le th√®me de l’atelier d’artiste. Il en r√©sulte un dialogue entre les forces oppos√©es d’espace et de surface propres √† la peinture. Typiques de l’approche de cet artiste, une vari√©t√© de r√©f√©rences convergent dans ces nouvelles ≈ìuvres : le cin√©ma, le th√©√¢tre, la peinture d’histoire et la photographie documentaire y sont tous sciemment √©voqu√©s et explor√©s, r√©v√©lant leurs influences respectives dans l’ensemble de l’exposition.

Peepshow est une sorte de labyrinthe de miroirs, d√©formant l’atelier de l’artiste et le refl√©tant, de mani√®re absurde, en tant qu’alter ego de la galerie. S√©duisante et profonde, cette nouvelle suite de peintures nous invite √† p√©n√©trer dans l’univers d’un artiste d√©sormais absent, nous invite √† songer √† notre propre relation √† la production artistique qui y est pr√©sent√©e. Hildebrand nous offre un voile de couleur au travers duquel nous contemplons ce d√©cor intime; nous devenons des observateurs passifs se tenant au seuil… d’un monde. Bien que les peintures r√©v√®lent ais√©ment la ¬´ transparence ¬ª de leurs surfaces, ce th√®me, ou ce dispositif, semble plut√¥t d√©montrer la v√©ritable imperm√©abilit√© des toiles; derri√®re leurs rideaux de couleurs flamboyantes, les peintures attisent, mais refusent de refl√©ter. En somme, Peepshow peut √™tre envisag√©e comme une contemplation des relations esth√©tiques, techniques et hi√©rarchiques existant entre la peinture, le dessin et la photographie. L’assignation de l’image photographique √† l’arri√®re-plan cr√©e une impression d’inversion de la figure et du fond. Dans ce drame pictural, la peinture d’avant-plan ne joue plus son r√¥le familier de fond, mais est propuls√©e en avant-sc√®ne, o√π elle incarne son propre r√¥le, en tant que figure sc√©nique.

Dans une nouvelle s√©rie de dessins au fusain, Hildebrand adopte une approche diff√©rente pour sonder l’espace-atelier. B√©n√©ficiant d’un √©clairage dramatique et cadr√©s en mode LetterBox, ces dessins d√©licats sont des aper√ßus tranquilles de coins obscurs d’un espace de travail, un peu comme s’ils avaient √©t√© glan√©s d’un film noir imaginaire. Bien que donnant l’impression d’avoir √©t√© cr√©√©s √† partir de photographies, ils ont en fait √©t√© r√©alis√©s d’apr√®s nature et sont √©clair√©s par l’imaginaire de l’artiste. L’on envisage d’ailleurs sans peine √† quel point cet imaginaire est devenu filmique, vu la fid√©lit√© ¬´ photographique ¬ª des ≈ìuvres.

Dil Hildebrand est n√© en 1974 √† Winnipeg, Canada. Il est titulaire, depuis 2008, d’une ma√Ætrise en beaux-arts de l’Universit√© Concordia, Montr√©al. En 2006, il a remport√© le prix du Concours de peintures canadiennes RBC, et a depuis particip√© √† plusieurs expositions au Canada, aux Etats-Unis et √† l’√©tranger. En Octobre 2010, il pr√©sentera des ≈ìuvres in√©dites √† la 4e Biennale internationale d’art de P√©kin, en Chine. Son travail sera √©galement pr√©sent√© √† l’occasion d’une exposition personnelle √† YYZ Artists’ Outlet, √† Toronto, √† l’automne 2011. Dil Hildebrand vit et travaille √† Montr√©al.

L’artiste souhaite remercier le Conseil des Arts du Canada et le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu√©bec.

L’ensemble des oeuvres pr√©sent√©es seront disponibles sur notre site web lors du vernissage (le jeudi 9 septembre √† 17h00).

LANCEMENT DE MONOGRAPHIE

le samedi 25 septembre à 14h30 (dans le cadre des Journées de la culture)

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Long Drop : Les peintures de Dil Hildebrand

avec des textes de Louise Déry et Richard Rhodes, et une entrevue de Christine Redfern

Joignez-nous à la galerie pour le lancement montréalais de la nouvelle monographie Long Drop : Les peintures de Dil Hildebrand publiée par Anteism Publishing distribuée par le RCAAQ. Il y aura un pannel de discussion avec Hildebrand et Harley Smart (Anteism) sur les défis de produire une monographie.

Limited Edition:Other/Troy Lovegates Book On Sale.


Limited Edition: “Other” / Troy Lovegates Artist Book

Only 30 copies available for sale in our online book shop

Visit our shop for more info and purchase a copy.

Artist "Other" aka Troy Lovegates' Art Book


Other: The Artwork of Troy Lovegates. – Artist Book

This book highlights Other’s artwork from walls and trains all over the world.

Other The artwork of troy lovegates Cover Artist "Other" aka Troy Lovegates' Art Book

Other: The Artwork of Troy Lovegates is a book of photographs showcasing the artist’s work and experiences along the way. From oil stick characters on the side of trains, wheat pasted posters, large scale murals and snapshot photographs.

‚Ä¢ 5″x7″
• 72 Full Colour Pages
‚Ä¢ Acid Free – Heavy Weight Matte Paper
‚Ä¢ Hand Printed – Art Stamped Title Page

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Artist Information:

Canadian Troy Lovegates aka Derek Mehaffey aka Other began painting on the streets around 1988 after noticing graffiti on the buildings in Toronto that would magically appear overnight. Also around this time he developed a love for rail travel, therefore it was natural for him to begin displaying his art on trains. His rail work became part of a nomadic culture that stretches as far back as the 1800s. Transients, train workers, and soldiers originally developed the tradition of inscribing their names on the trains they used to roam around the country. Many of the tags that remain on trains still in use today, but now new forms of art have been added to the boxcar walls as well. Troy Lovegates’ train work consists mainly of black and white outline portraits with exaggerated facial features. Some of the more complex pieces resemble his street murals which are large-scale, multimedia paste-ups created in his studio and then adhered to outdoor surfaces under the guise of nighttime. His train pieces are influenced by many uncontrollable factors, all of which add to the urgency of the art form. Often times there are people working in the train yards which makes it difficult to focus on one piece for too long.

In order to fund his train work, Troy Lovegates exhibits his art in galleries. To date, he has painted pieces and had art shows in Taipei, Tokyo, Paris, Dublin, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Detroit, Montreal, Toronto, Dublin, Barcelona, Lima and many more cities around the world. His international work has occupied many canvases, from gallery walls to a projection on the side of the Romanian Palace of the Parliament, the largest building in Europe.

Long Drop: The Paintings of Dil Hildebrand


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LONG DROP: THE PAINTINGS OF DIL HILDEBRAND.

A book featuring Hildebrand’s paintings from 2006-2009

In only a few years since Hildebrand has emerged onto the Canadian art scene, he has produced an impressive oeuvre of paintings and drawings, composed of complex spatial environments and nods to historical painting, including trompe l’oeil, romantic landscape painting and surrealism.

Dil Hildebrand received his Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University, Montréal in 2008, won the Royal Bank of Canada Painting competition in 2006, and is now represented by Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain in Montreal. He currently lives and works in Montréal.

This lavishly illustrated book represents the first comprehensive survey of Hildebrand’s oeuvre, including works from 2006-present. Featuring an introduction by Richard Rhodes, editor of Canadian Art Magazine, a critical essay by Louise D√©ry from Galerie de l’UQAM, and an interview with Dil Hildebrand by Christine Redfern.

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Dark + Speed a photobook by Ryan Thompson


Dark + Speed a photo/artist book by Ryan ThompsonÔªø.

The book showcases a random selection of double exposure photographs taken by the artist since 1997.

Thompson’s photographic process explores a technique similar to collage using traditional film and multiple in camera exposures. Often using found typography and cultural icons the artist creates chance alignments of multiple images. The book has a gritty aesthetic due to the printing method. First photo prints were made from the original film. These prints were then photocopied then scanned in on a Risograph duplicator which created the final output. The book was then collated and perfect-bound by hand.

Book Info
‚Ä¢ 5″x7.5″
• 72 pages
• Acid Free Paper
• Limited Edition of 100

Information / Purchase

Lying On The Sidewalk – Book by Scott Radnidge


A New Book of Short Stories by Scott Radnidge.

The book contains seven works of fiction illustrated by Shawn O’Keefe aka Trust 36 also member of Woodpile Collective.

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Lying on the sidewalk - Book Cover Unfolded Showing French Flaps

Lying on the Sidewalk is a collection of short stories with the overriding theme of what to do with the runaway train that is the world of daydreams. Stories of overactive imaginations, and the situations where those imaginations lose control. Rich tales of almost dying, bewildering loss, being completely hung over, and watching as life goes absolutely AWOL.

Story Titles:
Naked Cold Bed
Footsteps
The Storm Their Father
My Mom Was Crying
Jump
The River Always Seems To Be Overflowing

Book Info
‚Ä¢ 6″x9″ + French Flaps
• 70pg
• 100% Post Consumer Recycled Paper

More Info | Purchase the book through the anteism book shop.

Author Bio:
Scott Radnidge is an artist and writer out of Vancouver Canada. Besides being married and raising two insanely awesome daughters, he writes about and draws the things around him, as well as being constantly sidetracked by stupid things like airplanes landing and watching the space shuttle crossing the nighttime summer sky…Scott just finished his second novel, and is currently working on his third.

Sample Illustration by Shawn O’Keefe
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Anteism @ Montreal Anarchist Book Fair 2010


anarchist book fair montreal Anteism @ Montreal Anarchist Book Fair 2010

Anteism will have a new title for sale at this years Anarchist Book Fair in Montr√©al. Dean Garlick, author of “The Fish” will have a table and will be signing books. The Fish explores currents of contemporary existence in a realm where the brutality of history is ever-present and the will to exist is the only thing keeping a person from fading into nothingness. The book’s 17 amazing illustrations by Erik Volet beautifully co-narrate the story.

MAY 29-30, 10am-5pm
at the CEDA, 2515 rue Delisle
(a short walk from Lionel-Groulx metro)
FREE. Welcome to all!

anarchist book fair info Anteism @ Montreal Anarchist Book Fair 2010

The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair — and month-long Festival of Anarchy — bring together anarchist ideas and practice, through words, images, music, theatre and day-to-day struggles for justice, dignity and collective liberation. The Bookfair is for people who don’t necessarily consider themselves anarchists, but are curious about anarchism, as well as a space for anarchists to meet, network and share in a spirit of respect and solidarity. All are welcome.

The Bookfair is organized in a spirit of openness towards the different traditions, visions, and practices of anarchism. Together we share a commitment to promoting anarchism through the values of mutual aid, grassroots democracy, direct action, autonomy and solidarity, while opposing oppression in all its forms.

The Bookfair and Festival of Anarchy provide an important gathering and reference point for anti-authoritarian ideas and practice in North America. -> What Happens at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair? Read more here: http://www.anarchistbookfair.ca/about/what-happens-at-the-bookfair

Anteism Zines | Kaugummi Exhibition, France


anteism periscopages Anteism Zines | Kaugummi Exhibition, France

Anteism is excited to have a selection of our zines in an art book exhibition in Rennes, France. The exhibition is called Kaugummi & Friends and is curated by Bartolomé Sanson for Kaugummi Books. The exhibition is part of the ninth edition of Periscopages festival and will be shown in a number of other galleries later this year.

Anteism Artist Book Shortlisted for ABoTM Prize


Canadian Haircut Cut Shortlisted for Artist Book Award

James Kirkpatrick & Peter Thompson’s collaborative zine is part of the Art Gallery of York Universities Artist Book Exhibition.

Anteism’s artist book / zine Canadian Haircut Cut ( by Peter Thompson and James Kirkpatrick ) has been shortlisted for the “Artist’s Book of the Moment” by the Art Gallery of York University. The AGYU has a list of all the books submitted to the exhibition.

Pick up a copy of the zine for $6 in our shop.

canadian haircut cut11 Anteism Artist Book Shortlisted for ABoTM Prize