Highlighted as a “must see” by Canadian Art Magazine, my solo show Réécrire/Rewriting was co-curated by Tianmo Zhang and Jean-Michel Ross, and co-produced by Z Art Space and Galerie Tomas Henry Ross. 14 June – 12 July.
Art critic Emily Falvey described the exhibition as “the perfect antidote to the 150 and ’60s nostalgia that has descended upon Montréal of late: an interesting meditation on identity politics, conceptual art, Canadian and Québec nationalism, and collage as an artistic strategy. And there are some fabulous mashups of Tom Thompson landscapes and Playboy magazine.”
Images above are courtesy of Itzayana Gutiérrez, one of several who attended a round table event on June 28. Tianmo Zhang, Jean-Michel Ross and Kanwal Sayed spoke alongside me. Their combined interests in the reception of “Chineseness” in contemporary art in North America, Québécois contemporary art, and contemporary art from Pakistan provided prismatic lenses for interpretation of the collage-based works.
Images below courtesy of Jean-Michel Ross.
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