2018 Programming
First, visitors
will have the chance to enter the universe of Mexican and Montréal artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer,
whose work will be showcased as a major solo exhibition. In the fall, the
public will be invited to explore a retrospective of Françoise Sullivan,
a Québec multidisciplinary artist and co-signatory of the Refus global,
and to view Manifesto, a multi-screen cinematic work by Julian Rosefeldt,
starring Cate Blanchett.
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| John Zeppetelli, MAC Director and Chief Curator, presenting 2018 Programming |
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is one of the most
prominent international artists working in Canada
More than a mid-career survey, the
exhibition offers a new conceptual perspective on the artist’s work over the
past decade, exploring its poetic and political dimensions from the standpoint
of one of its central principles: the notion of co-presence. This concept
refers first and foremost to the coexistence of voices, perspectives and
singular experiences in Lozano-Hemmer’s works: to the interactions between
strangers, to the situations elicited by the dialogic devices deployed by the
work. However, co-presence also evokes other, more asymmetrical relationships,
such as forced cohabitations and power relations, and speaks to the interplay
of gazes and bodies subjected to contemporary techniques of surveillance and
control. Staying clear of
techno-optimism, Lozano-Hemmer’s work reminds us that new technologies are
often double-edged swords.
Coproduced by the MAC and the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the
exhibition will also be presented at the Museo de arte contemporáneo de
Monterrey (MARCO), Mexico, from March to August 2019 and the SFMOMA from
April 25 to September 6, 2020.
Julian Rosefeldt is Professor of Digital
and Time-based Media at the Academy of
Fine Arts in Munich , Germany
Manifesto is an immersive video installation consisting of
thirteen large-screen projections that stands as a tribute to the literary
power of artistic manifestos. This artwork/event, which lies at the crossroads
between film, performance and installation, allows audiences to experience a
series of scenes screened simultaneously showing us the same actor, Cate
Blanchett, taking on various roles. In a
performance that “invokes immediate awe,” according to The Independent,
and was described by the New York Times as a “tour de force,” the
actress becomes a chameleon, showcasing the full extent of her extraordinary
talent.
All of the monologues spoken—actually,
the only words spoken in the piece—are formed out of various artistic
manifestos published over the last 150 years or so. From schoolteacher to
homeless man, the thirteen characters embodied by Blanchett pronounce the
manifestos of Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer, Kazimir Malevich, André Breton,
Elaine Sturtevant, Sol LeWitt and Jim Jarmusch, among others.
The MAC is particularly proud to welcome
this work to Montréal for its second North American presentation, following the
one at the Park Avenue Armory, in New
York Paris , Berlin
This retrospective exhibition highlights the
key role of artist, painter, sculptor, dancer and choreographer Françoise
Sullivan in the history of modern and contemporary art in Quebec Quebec
In addition to presenting the artist’s
diverse and multidisciplinary practice, the exhibition offers an in-depth exploration
of some of the milestones in her career. The various styles and approaches
adopted by Sullivan over the years are contextualized with the help of archival
documents
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MANIFESTES – OCTOBER 18, 2018 TO JANUARY 20, 2019
In connection with the exhibitions of Françoise
Sullivan and Julian Rosefeldt, the Musée will be presenting a documentary
exhibition consisting of original manifestos, including a number of the ones
cited in Manifesto.
The presentation will also showcase local manifestos,
such as the famous Refus Global, which is celebrating its 70th
anniversary in 2018, and was co-signed by Françoise Sullivan.
PERMANENT COLLECTION: PICTURES FOR AN EXHIBITION
Ongoing since November
2016, Pictures for an Exhibition is an evolving cycle of exhibitions based on works from the
collection and intended to generate new connections between historical works
and recent acquisitions, between the different media and artists of various
generations. This evolving series takes
on various forms, the most recent being The Gaze Listens (presented until March 25, 2018) and That’s
How the Lights Gets In (presented until August 26, 2018).
Pictures
for an Exhibition will
also take the form of two new exhibitions this year: The Prophets
(April 6 to August 26, 2018) with artworks from Richard Ibghy and Marilou
Lemmens, as well as Josef Albers, Jack Bush, Sol LeWitt and Jana Sterbak, and
Alone Together (May 16 to August 26, 2018) with artworks from Sarah Anne
Johnson, Graeme Patterson, Jon Rafman and Jeremy Shaw.
Credits for the top-most image above:
Left: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (in collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko), Zoom
Pavilion, 2015
Shown here: Art Basel Unlimited - Art Basel 47, Bâle, Switzerland
Projectors, 9x infrared cameras, 3x robotic zoom cameras, 3x computers, 2x IR illuminators, 1x ethernet switch, HDMI and USB extenders and cables
Photo: Sebastiano Pellion
Projectors, 9x infrared cameras, 3x robotic zoom cameras, 3x computers, 2x IR illuminators, 1x ethernet switch, HDMI and USB extenders and cables
Photo: Sebastiano Pellion
Center: Julian Rosefeldt, Stills from Manifesto, 2015
13-channel film installation
Julian Rosefeldt, Manifesto, 2015 © Julian Rosefeldt and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017
Julian Rosefeldt, Manifesto, 2015 © Julian Rosefeldt and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017
Right: Françoise Sullivan, Rouge no 3, 5, 6, 2, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
152 x 638 cm (total)
Click on images to enlarge them.
For more information on MAC museum exhibitions and activities, visit the museum's website.
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