The exhibition focuses on the MNBAQ’s wide-ranging collection of contemporary art, comprising more than 9 000 works. It presents in two exhibition rooms a selection of seminal works created from 1960 to the present by key figures of the history of Québec art.
If pays a vibrant tribute to the artists who shaped this period: BGL, Nadia Myre, Paul Lacroix, Stéphane La Rue, Jacky Georges Lafargue, Janet Werner, Nicolas Baier, Valérie Blass, David Elliott, François Lacasse, Pierre Dorion, Stephen Schofield, Diane Landry and Guy Pellerin to name but a few.
Together with the Quiet Revolution, Québec art experienced unprecedented upheavals that still strike a chord today. Starting in the 1960s, a new awareness of art emerged, characterized by the redefinition of aesthetic parameters and a proliferation of forms of expression.
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BGL, Perdu dans la nature (La Voiture), 1998. Bois de grange et bois peint, 122 x 435 x 158 cm (ensemble). Collection du MNBAQ. © BGL Photo: MNBAQ, Idra Labrie
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Guy Pellerin, Nº 207 - Ici (maintenant), 1991. Acrylique sur bois, 121 cm (diamètre) (chaque élément). Collection du MNBAQ. © Guy Pellerin Photo : MNBAQ, Idra Labrie
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David Elliott, Arc-en-ciel (pour Rose et Licorice), 2008. Huile et acrylique sur toile, 234 x 422 cm. Collection du MNBAQ. Don de l'artiste © David Elliott
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Jacky Georges Lafargue, Engagement sponsorisé. Le Chant des signes et autres paroles, 1998. Pièces de monnaie, échelle en aluminium, gants, bouteille thermale, pompe à air, poignées de pelle et chariot à roulettes, 393 x 238,5 x 152 cm. Collection du MNBAQ. © Jacky Georges Lafargue Photo: MNBAQ, Louis Hébert
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Cynthia Girard-Renard, Filles du roi / Filles de joie, 2002. Acrylique sur toile, 217 x 184,5 cm. Collection du MNBAQ. © Cynthia Girard Photo : MNBAQ, Jean-Guy Kérouac
Publication around the exhibition
Contemporary art in Québec
Beaudry, Eve-Lyne
Fraser, Marie
Editor: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Price: 19, 95 $
Published on June 27, 2016
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