Rebecca Belmore, Nadia Myre, Chloë Lum &
Yannick Desranleau, Ragnar Kjartansson & The National
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) has just opened its summer exhibition. This exhibition, which has not been originally previewed, is taking place because the museum's renovation project that had been scheduled to begin this summer was postponed. (You can read about MAC's transformation plans here.) MAC will continue to hold its activities throughout the summer and early fall in its current location, on
Rebecca Belmore
June 20 -October 6, 2019
MAC presents an award-winning Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore. Her sculptures, videos, and photographs address some urgent issues of Native history and of our times. This exhibition was originally organized and presented last summer (2018) by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), under the name Facing the Monumental.
Nadia Myre
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau
MAC presents an award-winning Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore. Her sculptures, videos, and photographs address some urgent issues of Native history and of our times. This exhibition was originally organized and presented last summer (2018) by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), under the name Facing the Monumental.
Nadia Myre
June 20 to August 4, 2019
MAC also presents works of a Montreal Native artist Nadia Myre. Some of the pieces come from the MAC's permanent collection, others were newly acquired.
Nadia Myre deals with the topics of Indigenous identity, desire, loss, resilience and knowledge. Meditations on Red, 2013, is a series of photographs depicting a meticulous bead-work. Through this piece, Myre offers a critical reflection on identity as defined by blood and concepts such as “white man” and "red."
Nadia Myre deals with the topics of Indigenous identity, desire, loss, resilience and knowledge. Meditations on Red, 2013, is a series of photographs depicting a meticulous bead-work. Through this piece, Myre offers a critical reflection on identity as defined by blood and concepts such as “white man” and "red."
June 20 to August 4, 2019
Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau, are also included in the MAC's summer program. Their large installation is full of seemingly unrelated objects and vibrant colours. They move the objects around and wrap themselves into them during their performances.
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In August, MAC Museum will once again partner with MUTEK festival by presenting the world premiere of the ISM Hexadome installation, a collaboration between MUTEK and the Institute for Sound & Music in Berlin (ISM).
For more information about MAC, visit the museum's website.
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