THURSDAY CHAT-UP

February 23, 2012
7PM
Seagram Art Gallery
FREE

John Zeppetelli

Curator of Chronicles of a Disappearance at DHC/ART

Mr. Zeppetelli will speak of his work as curator on the thematic group show titled Chronicles of a Disappearance. The exhibition brings together major works by five acclaimed international artists: Philippe Parreno, Taryn Simon, Teresa Margolles, Omer Fast and José Toirac. The exhibition explores different notions of disappearance articulated across the personal, social and political realms. All the works stage and conceptualize mourning, absence and loss, offering rich associative histories while also uncovering the hidden and inaccessible – or that which is made to disappear from view.

DHC/ART is situated at 451 St-Jean Street, Old Montreal

EXHIBIT

Opens January 31, 2012
12PM - 5PM
Seagram Art Gallery - Centaur Theatre

HOUSE

Normand Hamel

Montreal native Normand Hamel studied painting and sculpture at Concordia University, followed by stage design at the National Theatre School of Canada. He has produced about 15 solo shows, in addition to taking part in various group exhibitions. He has also created numerous stage designs for theatre, as well as set designs for movies.

Over the last two decades, his career has focused on exploring architecture and poetry. The idea behind making art in the form of bas-relief is to escape the confines, offer multiple vanishing points and create the conditions where the audience must call upon their senses and tune in to their own make-believe worlds.

Feel a presence, catch a glimpse, sense an emotion both tangible and imagined, in a place on the frontier between fantasy and reality.