Pierre Dorion, Chambres avec vues (Les Dauphins sur le parc), 1998

Pierre Dorion

Organized and circulated by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal with the support of the Museums Assistance Program at Canadian Heritage

Opening Reception Thursday 14 March at 8 pm

To say that the paintings of Montreal based artist Pierre Dorion are Minimalist works only tells one side of the story; to say that they are objective Realist paintings also tells just one side.  But they are both; they also are imbued with sentiments of loss, memory, presence, and an ambiguous unreality that actually is based on the artist’s own photographs.

Film Lecture: The French New Wave: The Generation of Change

An overview of the major figures, context and films of the French New Wave and its impact on the cinema and popular culture overall, with examples from the works of Godard, Varda, Marker and Truffaut.

Nouvelle Vague Landmarks: The French New Wave and the reach for new cinematic expression

The French New Wave changed the cinema completely, from how we make movies to how we watch them. Initiated by film critics from the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma, the Nouvelle Vague led to films shot on the cheap about contemporary subjects on one hand, while playfully re-imagining genres such as Science Fiction and musicals on the other.

Sherri Smith, North Polar Region, 2005

A Very Long Engagement

Opening Reception 
Thursday 17 January at 8 pm