SALLE DES MAQUETTES

From March 8th till April 13th, 2019.

The exhibition will bring together pieces from the Collection d'oeuvres d'art de l'UQAM and from the Petite collection, that gathers more than 40 artists from Québec, Canada and overseas, that render artists' creative processes. Different clues and documents shed light on these methods by revealing the steps taken to produce work.

The exhibition title evokes the experimental dimension of the maquette, used often in the art world as a tool to prepare a project's visual representation. On one hand, models are made of preliminary sketches, drafts, serial elements and little, singualr objects. On a small scale, they stand for a concept destined to be set up on a larger scale, or, conversely they account for a larger, already completed project. On the other hand, certain proposals contain recurring motifs with subtle variations from one version to the next. They become exploration sites where formal and thematic repetition foreground the constant evolution of work.

Curator: Anne Philippon, assitant curator.
Opening on Thursday, March 7th, at 5:30 p.m.