Koop + de Broin

At Blouin Division, Montréal 2022 ...

Wanda Koop:

Michel de Broin:

Dorion + Campbell

At Blouin Division, Montréal 2022 ...

Pierre Dorion:

Tammi Campbell:

Beaulieu + Dorion

At Blouin Division, Montréal 2022 ...

Serena Beaulieu:

Pierre Dorion:

Les Ordres

Daniel Langevin from his solo exhibition Les Ordres at Blouin Division, Montréal 2022:

Pacific Basin vs Time Of The Season

Goto80's Pacific Basin, 2021:

Video from goto80's youtube channel

The Zombies' Time Of The Season, 1968:

Video from The Zombies Music's youtube channel

Relief

Jessica Thalmann from her solo exhibition Relief currently at Christie Contemporary, Toronto:

Encercle

My visit to Montréal in March was treated with another pleasant surprise.  While I did totally enjoy Matthew Feyld's solo exhibition Encercle at Blouin Division, I did not expect meeting and chatting with him in person at his show.  Using mathematics and geometry in my own work primarily, I found Feyld's show and my conversation with him particularly inspiring.  

Thank you so much, Matthew, for sharing your time and insight.  I look forward to seeing more of your work in Toronto in future.

Le Code

I went to Montréal for a few days back in March.  It was during the time when my Instagram account was hacked and I subsequently paused all my social media activities.  There were a few shows that I have thoroughly enjoyed when I was there.  And I am going to share them here in the coming days.

Francine Savard's solo exhibition Le Code at Blouin Division was the prime reason for my visit to Montréal.  The show itself of course was brilliant as always.  But my biggest treat was a surprise.  I have been following Savard for more than ten years, since the time when she was showing regularly at the now closed Diaz Contemporary in Toronto, but I have never met her.  I did not expect meeting with one of my favourite artists when visiting a gallery away from home, let alone having a one-on-one Q&A with her.  Thank you, Francine, for your time and your kindness.  The surreal encounter has made my trip truly unforgettable.

There has been another surprise.  I will recount that in my next post.

Fleming vs Sands Phillips

Currently at  General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto ...

Joe Fleming:

Sarah Sands Phillips:

A. Dream

Yan Wen Chang from her solo exhibition A. Dream currently at  General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto:

Winter

From Félix González-Torres's solo exhibition Winter in the summer currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto:

A Passage

Stills of Pejvak's video A Passage from the exhibition A Scaffold With, Against currently at the Art Museum, University of Toronto:

Harmonophone

A cooler on a hot summer day, Harmonophone by Suren Seneviratne (aka My Panda Shall Fly) from Goddezz's newly released compilation Taraxia:

From #internetghetto's SoundCloud channel

Everything Is Fine

Anran Guo's installations and sculptures from the MVS Studio Program Graduating Exhibition currently at the Art Museum, University of Toronto ...

Everything Is Fine:

6:30 AM:

Untitled:

Acceleration:

Infinite Sample Set

Jeremy Laing's installations Infinite Sample Set, Leavings/Legend and Portal from the MVS Studio Program Graduating Exhibition currently at the Art Museum, University of Toronto: