Where time goes to hide - Exhibition by Poli Wilhelm

Of our earthly life, certain objects remain: photographs and archives that form a trail of our passage here. But what happens when these fragments are later altered, scattered or erased? When life events and tragedies split family narratives, memories can only live on in traces like photograph, places, objects, silhouettes. These are the fragments one has to use to rebuild a story of which only a vague impression previously remained.

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- Excerpt from exhibition text by Chloé Beaulac

Poli Wilhelm is a multidisciplinary artist who has worked for over 25 years creating and teaching visual arts. Born in Argentina, she was trained in arts in her native country before pursuing a visual arts degree at UQAM in Montréal, where she has been living since 2004.

Her practice mixes painting, serigraphy, and print through chromatic explorations that subvert archival images. By immersing herself in long, repetitive and meticulous tasks, she feeds her passion for actions that reveal expansive dimensions of time.

Opening reception : Thursday November 5, starting at 5:30 p.m.