136 St. Patrick Street
Open Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is free
Exhibition
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Louis Fortier
Juliennes et autres
tranches d’histoires
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Louis Fortier decides to invent a genealogy from a mould that reproduces his facial features. The successive metamorphoses he creates quickly plunge us back into the world of powerful figures from ancient Rome. Caesar, the emperors and a few gods are revisited in an effort to measure the gap between the concepts of control and permanence and the fleeting and fragile nature of daily emotions.
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January 23
to March 8, 2009
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John Latour
Halcyon daysze
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Halcyon daysze reflects the artist’s fascination for the ways in which we connect with the past, and how this activity is mediated through objects, texts, and images. Through his work in sculpture, text-based art and modified found photographs, Latour challenges the notion of nostalgia while exploring a fragile past inhabited by elusive subjects.
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March 27
to May 3, 2009
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Rui Pimenta
Living Within The Means Of Existence
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Living Within The Means Of Existence is Rui Pimenta’s latest foray into light-box paintings. This series, both literally and symbolically, aims to illuminate the mysterious even wondrous inner workings of the human body. By reducing the body to its microscopic cellular essence, the line between where matter ends and the immaterial, or spirit, begins is shown to be necessarily malleable and thus an unsatisfactory construct in the pursuit of self- enlightenment.
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May 22
to July 5, 2009
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Karsh of Ottawa
Recently Donated Photographs to the City of Ottawa Fine Art Collection
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Yousuf Karsh was born in Mardin, Armenia-in-Turkey, in 1908 and came to Canada in 1924. After brief schooling in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Karsh studied photography for three years under John Garo of Boston, an eminent portrait photographer of the day. In 1932, Karsh opened his studio in Ottawa at the Château Laurier Hotel. As his work became better known, members of government, visiting statesmen and other dignitaries came to him to be photographed. Don’t miss this opportunity to view first-hand some of Karsh’s most famous works including the portrait of Winston Churchill, taken in Ottawa in 1941, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Georgia O’Keefe and Stephen Leacock
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July 15
to July 26, 2009
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Amy Schissel
Prolix X
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The constant technological presence in a data-driven and media saturated culture supplies the subconscious with an onslaught of virtual and synthetic imagery, to which the human imagination has adapted. Generally, by painting, Schissel aims to arrive at an invention of procedures to best inform consequent imaginary states and their dimensions. Presented to the viewer is a surface on which the language of painting is altered by the influence of digital technology, acting as a lens through which to translate a current understanding of space. The result is a hybrid of imagery that flips between abstraction and representation..
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July 31 to September 20, 2009
1st floor
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Steven Stewart
Missing Persons
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Steven Stewart’s photographic series Missing Persons demonstrates a curiosity towards the social and psychological implications of the everyday environment. More specifically, the homogenous representation of a sterile living standard that is projected from apartment lobbies. The photographs are produced in a traditional documentary manner, which implies a straight-on objective representation, but the light exposure and focus of the subject matter tend to produce an uncanny aesthetic that accentuates these spaces as absurdly shallow.
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July 31
to September 20, 2009
2nd floor
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Russell M. Yuristy
Curated by Anna Babinska
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Born and raised on a Saskatchewan farm, Ottawa artist Russell Yuristy's works have focused on memories of his rural upbringing together with an exploration of his identity as an artist. Currently, in his very inventive practice, he integrates these concerns with a strong empathy towards the natural environment and the animals he chooses to portray as symbols of our own humanity.
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October 16
to November 22, 2009
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Maria Lezon
The Lounging Soap Opera
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Set in the melodramatic world of soap operas, The Lounging Soap Opera is an unfolding drama that focuses on different aspects of Western morality. Like in all good stories, there is a heroine, lounging in poses reminiscent of classical nudes. Despite her poses, she will remain the active protagonist in her story. It is the artist’s hope that with humour and beauty combined, the viewer gains a fresh appreciation for the power of the female form.
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December 10
to January 24, 2010
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