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STRATÉGIES D'ABSTRACTION

STRATÉGIES D'ABSTRACTION

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Free !

From February 27th till March 31st, 2018.

Abstraction is seen as an active process which both enlightens and obscures. Abstractions are not true or false but relatively enlightening or obscuring according to the problem under study; different abstractions may grasp different aspects of a problem. Abstractions may be useless if they can answer questions only about themselves. A theoretical enterprise explores reality through acluster of abstractions that use different perspectives, temporal and horizontal scales, and assumes different givens.

Through the work of ten different artists the exhibition explores the practice of abstraction, more than 100 years after the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint and the Russian artist Kasimir Malevitch are thought of having produced the first 'non-objective' abstract works of art. The tradition is still very much alive today.

Works by Robb Jamieson, Amélie Jérôme, Sean Montgomery, Carl Ostendarp, Yadir Quintana, Peter Schuyff, Justin Stephens and Tom Watson.

Opening on March 3rd, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

2018-02-27
Quartier des spectacles Montreal, Quebec