Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The strange and wonderful drawings of CARRIE WALKER

CARRIE WALKER
Vernissage jeudi 4 octobre, 19hr-22hr
Exposition 4 oct - 4 nov, 2012

(English follows)

Bio

Carrie Walker vit et travaille dans la ville de Vancouver, au Canada. Depuis 2001, elle a exposé ses dessins à New York, Londres, Los Angeles et à Vancouver. Sa pratique artistique est fortement ancrée dans le dessin, employant souvent des images d’animaux en métaphore afin d’explorer les notions de solitude et de déplacement. L’humour et le jeu sont des éléments essentiels de son travail.

Communiqué de l’artiste
Le présent projet est une élaboration d’un projet commencé il y a un certain nombre d’années, comprenant un mince et vieux carnet de dessins trouvé dans un magasin usagé. Les pages du carnet étaient couvertes de paysages délavés incluant des montagnes, des arbres et des rivières, des moulins à vent et oiseaux perchés sur les branches. Sans considération pour le plausible, j’ai dessiné des animaux sur les scènes pittoresques : un faucon perché, ailes écartées, sur le pont d’un village; un mouflon près d’un cabine dont il a aussi la taille.

J’ai débuté une collection davantage axée sur les dessins. Je me suis imposée les contraintes suivantes: je ne collectionnerais que les paysages à la mine et à l’aquarelle, je ne débourserais pas plus de 25$ par oeuvre artistique, et l’artiste, ne serait plus, au meilleure de mes connaissances, encore vivant. Depuis, j’ai amassé des oeuvres datant du milieu des années 1800 jusqu’au début des années ’70 au 20ème siècle.

Poursuivant le même procédé, je me retrouve devant un monde en changements où les animaux règnent et président. Ils sont agrandis et pas tant rejetés de leurs environnements naturels que s’introduisant dans le nôtre.



Bio
Carrie Walker lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. Since 2001 she has exhibited her drawings in New York, London, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Her art practice is strongly rooted in drawing, often employing images of animals as metaphors to explore notions of solitude and displacement. Humour and playfulness are vital elements in her work.


Artist Statement
This project is an elaboration on a project I began a number of years ago involving a skinny, old sketchbook purchased in a thrift store. Its pages were filled with faint landscapes of mountains, trees and streams, windmills, and birds on branches. I started drawing animals into the scenes - a falcon perched, wings outspread, on a bridge over a small town; a bighorn sheep the size of the cabin it stands beside.

I began collecting more drawings with the following restrictions: I would collect only landscapes in pencil and watercolour, I wouldn’t pay more than $25 dollars for a single artwork, and the artist would to the best of my knowledge no longer be living. I’ve since collected work dating from the mid 1800’s through to the early 1970’s.

Continuing the same process, adding fauna to found environments, I find a world developing wherein the animals have taken over. They are oversized and not so much ousted from their natural environment as quietly infringing upon ours.

http://carriewalker.ca/


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

SCHOOL PWYC - Kevin Lo on Graphic design & Activism

A NEW LECTURE SERIES
Teachers talking about subjects they like talking about.
Students paying what they can.


Class # 4 Kevin Lo
Topic: Graphic Design And Activism

Kevin Lo will present an cynical/idealist talk about strategies and tactics of graphic design specifically, and communications practices more generally, as tools for community building in opposition to the hegemony of neoliberal capitalism. Sprinkled in will be an obsession for typography and language arts.

Bio:
Kevin Yuen Kit Lo is a Montreal-based freelance art director and graphic designer. He has previously worked at the agencies Sid Lee, Bluesponge and Cossette, and currently teaches in the Design and Computation Arts department at Concordia University. He runs an independent design and communications consulting practice under the name of LOKi design, specialising in work within the cultural sphere. He publishes the zine Four Minutes to Midnight, exploring the intersections of typography, poetics and politics.

http://lokidesign.net/2356/



Thursday September 27th
7 - 9 pm
Class starts at 7:30, with breaks
Paper and pencils for taking notes is provided
Bring your own refreshments!

Join us! And remember, this is a pay-what-you-can-event. Everyone is welcome.

For updates on coming classes, check our most recent posts, or call us at 514-278-4879.


Thursday, September 20, 2012

ART CLASSES FOR KIDS !


 
Oui, la fabrication d'art pour les enfants!

De nouveaux cours commencent le Samedi 13 Octobre

séances durent 4 semaines
*Samedi matins 10:30-11:30 est pour les 2 à 4 ans avec un parent
Dimanche matin 10:30-11:30 est pour les 5 à 8 ans (non accompagnés)

60$ et tout les matériaux inclus.
Un pré enregistrement est préféré afin de réserver une place.
Sans réservation 18$/classe, s’il ya des places de libres

*Avis d'annulation!
Notre cours d'art pour des enfants, de 2 à 4 yrs, les samedis matin au cours de l'automne, sont annulés.

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Yes we offer crafty art classes
for your little ones !

New classes begin Saturday October 13th

Sessions last 4 weeks

*Saturday mornings 10:30 - 11:30 is for 2 - 4 yr olds with a parent
Sunday mornings 10:30 - 11:30 is for 5 - 8 yr olds (on their own)

$60 all materials included.
Pre-registration is preferred to secure a spot.
Drops-in $18 / class, if space is available.


*Notice of Cancellation!
Our art course for children between the ages of 2 - 4 yrs, on Saturday mornings during the Autumn, has been cancelled.

Check online or give us a call for future dates.





Call for more information 514 278-4879

Friday, September 14, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

SCHOOL PWYC - Michael Nardone

A NEW LECTURE SERIES 

Teachers talking about subjects they like talking about.
Students paying what they can.

Class # 3 Michael Nardone
Topic: On Sonic Disobedience

Thursday September 13th
7 - 9 pm
Class starts at 7:30, with breaks
Paper and pencils for taking notes is provided
Bring your own refreshments!

Join us! And remember, this is a pay-what-you-can-event. Everyone is welcome.

For updates on coming classes, check our most recent posts, or call us at 514-278-4879.


Thursday, September 06, 2012

Formed in early 2008, the Montreal Nintendo Orkestar are a Montreal-based avant-electronic duo composed of French sound experimentalist Albérick (.cut) and local artist Stephen Cibo. Using two Nintendo DS videogame units run through a variety of guitar pedals and effects processors, the duo have conjured up a brooding cinematic soundscape uniquely their own that runs the gamut from ambient, industrial, noise, and even a touch of pop, albeit their own version of what pop is. Influences include The Velvet Und
erground, Throbbing Gristle, Brian Eno, and Suicide.

http://www.myspace.com/montrealnintendoorkestar
http://www.myspace.com/mnoplayshaxan


Founded in 1998 Monastiraki is an art space & curiosity shop. We carry fine prints, art and gig posters, small press and zines by some of Montreal's most unique artists. We host monthly exhibits, poetry readings, book launches and micro-concerts, overflow with paper ephemera, have a fitful relationship with antiques and collectibles....and are a magical place sure to enchant the curious.

http://monastiraki.blogspot.ca/