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Lori Callaghan

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Descending Into La Nuit

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ART SOUTERRAIN, NUIT BLANCHE

by Lori Callaghan
23.02.2010

A nocturnal tradition in Montreal, Nuit Blanche returns this Saturday for its 7th edition. From 6 pm until 3 am, art lovers can enjoy perusing the 10 venues of Art Souterrain, which will host paintings, videos, photographs, performances, installations and artists. With 104 projects spread across 4 km in the underground, audiences will encounter a [...]

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Oozing Narratives

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VON WONG, CAFÉ PI

by Lori Callaghan
09.02.2010

Benjamin “Von Wong” is a dreamer. He sees more than what’s in front of him and is inspired by everything around him. His portraits skate the lines around surrealism, fantasy, gothic couture and robust masculinity. His first exhibit Von Wong, now showing at Café Pi, comprises 41 photos whose subject matter includes such things as [...]

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Displaying The In Between

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FEBRUARY, MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTRÉAL

by Lori Callaghan
03.02.2010

The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is busy setting up for the winter’s major exhibitions (Marcel Dzama, Etienne Zack and Luanne Martineau) that open on February 4th. Some rooms are closed to the public in preparation for the shows, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some great art to see now. Riopelle, Anselm Kiefer and [...]

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Rising From The Ashes

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THE PHOENIX ART, GALERIE SIMON BLAIS

by Lori Callaghan
22.12.2009

You can’t help but notice Melanie Authier’s vivid pinks and magentas that are on the far right when you enter the latest exhibit, The Phoenix Art: The Renewed Life of Contemporary Painting, at Galerie Simon Blais. Walk around the corner and you will quickly feel the onslaught of Jeremy Hof’s vibrant discs. Saunter down the [...]

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Masked Female Avengers Hit Back

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DISTURBING THE PEACE, GALERIE DE L’UQAM

by Lori Callaghan
17.12.2009

“One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.” – Confucius
This epithet, along with about a dozen others, is part of a 2009 poster created by the Guerrilla Girls that focuses on the history of hate speech against women and feminism, and includes quips from the likes of Frank Sinatra, Napoleon and Picasso. The poster [...]

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Beneath The Body Beautiful

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BODIES: THE EXHIBITION, CENTRE D’EXPOSITION DE MONTRÉAL

by Lori Callaghan
04.11.2009

Beautiful is not the first word that pops into most people’s mind when they think about the circulatory system, but after seeing Arteries of the Trunk on display at Bodies: The Exhibition (Centre d’Exposition de Montréal, Eaton Centre), many will think it’s apt. Meticulously dissected and preserved, this specimen shows the many blood vessels that [...]

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Dynamic Imprinting

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MOIS DE LA PHOTO, various venues

by Lori Callaghan
02.10.2009

Stealer of souls and fodder of the paparazzi, the photograph has had a huge impact on our lives. From advertising and ID cards to family portraits and crime scene pictures, there’s no denying its usefulness. As a fine art form, photography continues to evolve as a dynamic medium. This is nowhere better illustrated than in [...]

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Bucolic Battlegrounds

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LANDSCAPE WITH BOMBERS, BATTAT CONTEMPORARY

by Lori Callaghan
22.09.2009

Muddy, confusing and ominous, the war images in Amy-Claire Huestis’s latest exhibit Landscape with Bombers are an examination of the intrusion of battle on the pastoral. These are not the fields where generals clash or trenches are yet to be dug; this is where the forces of combat push back the barriers of common life [...]

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The Art Of Making People Happy

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ROMERO BRITTO, CEDARS CANCER HEROES NIGHT

by Lori Callaghan
11.09.2009

Chagall, Warhol and Picasso are some of the names mentioned by critics when discussing the works of Romero Britto. His cubist, pop art style evokes a jubilant playfulness with its bright colours, simple lines and geometrical shapes. Dismissed by some as too commercial, his works are unapologetically optimistic and full of warmth. He arrives in [...]

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