About Memory and Archive / Autour de la Mémoire et de l'Archive

Selected from the permanent collection of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal by curator of collections Josée Belisle, this fascinating and unusual exhibition featured painting, photography, film, mixed media and sculptural installations by nationally and internationally-known contemporary artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Melvin Charney, Thomas Corriveau, Angela Grauerholz, Claude Hamelin, Raymond Lavoie, Arnaud Maggs and Francine Savard. Examining the notion of memory (in its element of alternately lasting and fleeting impressions) and history (in its simultaneous connotation of finiteness and perpetuity), this selection interpreted "archive" in the broadest terms. Organized and circulated by the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal with the assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the exhibition was presented at Dalhousie with assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts.