Noon to 5PM

As part of “Parcours Belgo”, Galerie Maison Kasini artists Px(C) (Benoit Depelteau) and Carl David Ruttan will conduct a Make Your Own Collage workshop. We invite members of the public to participate in this event as a means to better understand the medium of collage, to learn about the process of collage and to consider what it means to juxtapose images. The gallery will have a workspace and materials and visitors will interact with the artists in small groups on an ongoing basis throughout the day and make collages to take home with them. Both Px(c) and Carl David Ruttan are active collagists and have shown their work in both North America and Europe.

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EXHIBITION

Px(c): Art, Commerce & Catastrophe

through October 2nd, 2010
Px(c)’s images pause at the nexus of art and commerce, where the two battle for the heart and mind of the viewer. As pop art, Px(c) references advertising that shapes our lives and view of the world, but when confronted with his art, his pop morphs into catastrophic violence: when things break open, beauty spills like blood from a wound. “Art, Commerce & Catastrophe” is an exhibition of Px (c)’s collages and includes paintings from his Adjacking Series.

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About Journées de la culture

The Journées de la culture are a province-wide initiative to raise awareness of the importance of culture and the need to provide greater access to art and culture for all Québecers.

Since 1997, the Journées de la culture have been held on the last Friday of September and on the two following days, as decreed by the National Assembly of Québec.

A vast culture happening in large cities and small towns, the Journées de la culture are the chance to celebrate the artistic and cultural vitality that is experienced, created and expressed in over 300 Québec communities.

The Journées are carried out voluntarily by over 8,000 artists, workers and cultural organizations, who, during the three days of the event, offer free activities so citizens can explore the hidden side of art and culture. Our rich and welcoming demonstrations, hands-on workshops, conferences and guided tours build simple and warm relationships between artists, cultural workers and their fellow citizens.

The reach of the Journées de la culture now extends beyond the province of Québec. This year, for the very first time, the Journées de la culture model will be replicated in other provinces as Culture Days / Fête de la culture.

PINUPS #13 Launch
at Galerie Maison Kasini
October 9th, 4PM to 7PM

Galerie Maison Kasini will host the launch of PINUPS #13 on Saturday, October 9^th from 4PM to 7PM. Pinups editor & creator Christopher Schulz will be on hand at the event. The pinups of all previous twelve issues will be on display beginning October 4^th. More details about the Launch Party are coming soon.

“Pinups is a gorgeous, smart, tender new magazine that shows the beauty of everyday gay men. The aesthetic has been called “post-bear,” but it’s actually very 1970’s. It reminds me of After Dark and New York City gay street culture in the early days of Gay Liberation. Pinups is also, really, a very smart piece of conceptual art pretending to be a magazine.”

from New York Public Library

Pinups is a triannual publication that features one male nude pictorial per issue. There are no words—just an exaggeration of the classic centerfold. Each magazine exists in book form but can be taken apart and tiled to reveal a 32” x 70” image. The magazine is printed in New York. Created by Christopher Schulz.

The publication is part of a trend:

These are downsizing, belt-tightening times for much of the media industry. But somewhat incongruously, New York–based gay magazines are thriving. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” says AA Bronson, director of Printed Matter and co-editor of Queer Zines, an encyclopedic history of the genre released this fall. “The seventies saw the first rise in ’zine culture, and then again in the mid-eighties, when the plain-paper copier made life easier. But the last few years have definitely been a new phenomenon.” Bronson credits Butt magazine, founded in Amsterdam and now edited in New York, with influencing a new generation of titles that are at once arty and dirty. “They hit on the right formula at the right moment, which was to deal with the gay world as if it were just part of the world at large, with its own heroes in every field—from porn stars to authors to artists.” And despite the economy, sales at Printed Matter are strong. “They’re something you don’t buy and read and throw away,” says Bronson. “You end up keeping them in plastic envelopes, even though they’re kind of cheap.”

from New York Magazine

Since the Middle Ages, people have gathered to hear music played in intimate spaces, small rooms, and private salons. Sometimes referred to as “the music of friends” the pieces played in these ‘chambers’ were musical conversations between the performers for the enjoyment of those around them. As the aristocratic system collapsed in 19th century Europe and artists turned from patronage to ticket sales to fund their work, chamber music moved from the intimate setting of a home to the grand milieu of the concert hall. The introduction of radio further cemented Chamber music in the halls of large venues.

At Galerie Maison Kasini, we believe, art is food & music is drink. We seek a return to the intimacy of art and music and a seamless community between those who make and perform and those who enjoy culture.

In this spirit, we are pleased to announce LIVING ROOM, a series of events dedicated to enjoying art and music in the intimate setting of the gallery.

This fall, Galerie Maison Kasini is teaming up with Portmantô Ensemble, a new and emerging ensemble of performers and composers based in Montreal, to offer a series of concerts at the gallery. The programs are an excursion through various points in music history and include the premiere of new compositions by Portmantô composers in residence. Tickets are extremely limited. In addition to the performances, those in attendance will enjoy a reception with the performers and composers.

Tickets are $20 plus tax.

Concert Dates:

Concerto Primo

7:30 PM Thursday, September 16th 2010
7:30 PM Thursday, September 23rd 2010
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LIVING ROOM is a series of intimate concerts at Galerie Maison Kasini

Concerto Primo

DATES

7:30 PM Thursday, September 16th 2010
7:30 PM Thursday, September 23rd 2010

LOCATION

Galerie Maison Kasini
L’Édifice Belgo, #408
372 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montréal
Metro Place-des-Arts
MAP & CONTACT

ABOUT THE CONCERT

In Concerto Primo, the Portmantô ensemble takes the audience on an excursion through various points in music history designed to introduce the audience to chamber music and the ensemble.

The program starts with the world premiere of “Inter/Contra for mixed ensemble”, a new work by Canadian Composer Brian Harman. Born in Montreal in 1981, Harman’s music explores the relationship between music and our physical and imaginary experience of the world, using layers of carefully carved musical textures and gestures that contrast in temporal character. His work has been described as “effective and chilling” (Richard Todd, Ottawa Citizen), “three-dimensional, maybe four-dimensional” (Arthur Kaptainis, The Gazette), with “good use of textural contrasts [and] skillful combination of instruments” (Robert Everett Green, The Globe and Mail).

The program includes classic works by Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Debussy as well as works by contemporary Canadian composers Taylor Brook and Zosha Di Castri. The evening finishes with Maurice Ravel’s “Introduction & Allegro” featuring harpist Robin Best.

Performers
Laura Bates- flute
Mark Bradley- clarinet
Robin Best- harp
Mira Benjamin- violin
John Corban- violin
Pemi Paull- viola
J-C Lizotte- cello

Tickets: $20.00 plus tax

ABOUT LIVING ROOM

PORTMANTÔ ENSEMBLE WEBSITE

PURCHASE TICKETS

To purchase tickets, you can call 514-448-4723 during business hours, send us an email, or buy tickets online here. If you order your tickets before the Friday prior to the show, your tickets will be mailed to you. Otherwise, your tickets will be available at the door.

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Living Room-Concerto Primo-September 16th, 2010, 7:30PM

Living Room-Concerto Primo-September 23rd, 2010, 7:30PM

The Alarm

Saturday, September 18
3-5PM

Px(c)’s images pause at the nexus of art and commerce, where the two battle for the heart and mind of the viewer. As pop art, Px(c) references advertising that shapes our lives and view of the world, but when confronted with his art, his pop morphs into catastrophic violence: when things break open, beauty spills like blood from a wound.

Px(c) is the corporate alter-ego of Montreal artist Ben Depelteau. It first appeared in the 1999 painting You never know when you’ll need Px(c), as a car parts brand name. Px(c) has been known, over the years, to mimic advertising strategies to sell dysfunctional products and ideas to people. Its catalogue includes car parts, eyes, fingers, tongues, sunglasses, do-it-yourself art, concepts for gallery art, mouse traps, packages and some collages and prints. By presenting himself as the corporate entity, Px(c), Depelteau makes a cultural statement about the dominance of commercial culture in everyday life. His work is a hybrid of American and British Pop Art.

LIVING ROOM is a series of intimate concerts at Galerie Maison Kasini

Solitude & Monogamy

DATES

7:30 PM Thursday, December 9th, 2010
7:30 PM Saturday, December 11th, 2010

LOCATION

Galerie Maison Kasini
L’Édifice Belgo, #408
372 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montréal
Metro Place-des-Arts
MAP & CONTACT

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Sometimes the most breathtaking moments in music are the intimate ones. If chamber music is a musical conversation, then the Portmantô ensemble is straying to one extreme of chamber music: this concert consists only of monologues and dialogues, solos and duets. The audience is invited to reflect on schizophrenia, terror, eroticism, meditation, joy, and other musical commentary on the human experience.

Solitude & Monogamy offers a truly international program with pieces from great 20^th century composers Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil) and Andrž Jolivet (France) as well as a number of contemporary composers Michael Finnissy (United Kingdom), Casey Hale (United States), Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (Finland), and Martin Matalon (Argentina).

The program will also feature Vocalise by Canadian composer Taylor Brook. Vocalise refers both to the long lyrical sections performed on a single violin string, as in the famous Vocalise of Rachmoninov, as well as the singing style of Hindustani music with its long sweeping lines and heavy use of glissandi. Vocalise consists of a single movement with several internal sections, each focusing on different strings of the violin. Each section has a faster pulse than the previous one, giving the work a sense of large-scale acceleration. The entire work is accompanied by a slightly flat F# drone, to which the fourth string of the violin is also tuned. This drone functions as the tonal centre throughout the composition as the solo violin plays in a just intonation mode in relation to it.

Brook has received the “coup de coeur” prize from le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne for his chamber orchestra work, Murder Ballad, as well as three SOCAN young composers awards, including a first prize for his solo violin work, Vocalise. Brook’s music has been performed in North America and Italy by ensembles and soloists such as le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Quatour Bozzini, L’orchestre de la francophonie canadienne, Danielle Cumming and Mira Benjamin.

Performers
Laura Bates- flute
Mark Bradley- clarinet
Amy Horvey- trumpet
Mira Benjamin- violin
Pemi Paull- viola
J-C Lizotte- cello

Special Guests:
Krista Martynes- clarinet

Tickets: $20.00 plus tax

ABOUT LIVING ROOM

PORTMANTÔ ENSEMBLE WEBSITE

PURCHASE TICKETS

To purchase tickets, you can call 514-448-4723 during business hours, send us an email, or buy tickets online here. If you order your tickets before the Friday prior to the show, your tickets will be mailed to you. Otherwise, your tickets will be available at the door.

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Living Room-Solitude & Monogamy-December 9th, 2010, 7:30PM

Living Room-Solitude & Monogamy-December 11th, 2010, 7:30PM

Px(c)’s images pause at the nexus of art and commerce, where the two battle for the heart and mind of the viewer. As pop art, Px(c) references advertising that shapes our lives and view of the world, but when confronted with his art, his pop morphs into catastrophic violence: when things break open, beauty spills like blood from a wound.

To Drown

EXHIBITION
Art, Commerce & Catastrophe
August 28th to October 2nd, 2010

RECEPTION
Saturday, September 18th, 3-5PM

Px(c)’s images pause at the nexus of art and commerce, where the two battle for the heart and mind of the viewer. As pop art, Px(c) references advertising that shapes our lives and view of the world, but when confronted with his art, his pop morphs into catastrophic violence: when things break open, beauty spills like blood from a wound.

Px(c) is the corporate alter-ego of Montreal artist Ben Depelteau. It first appeared in the 1999 painting You never know when you’ll need Px(c), as a car parts brand name. Px(c) has been known, over the years, to mimic advertising strategies to sell dysfunctional products and ideas to people. Its catalogue includes car parts, eyes, fingers, tongues, sunglasses, do-it-yourself art, concepts for gallery art, mouse traps, packages and some collages and prints. By presenting himself as the corporate entity, Px(c), Depelteau makes a cultural statement about the dominance of commercial culture in everyday life. His work is a hybrid of American and British Pop Art.

“Art, Commerce & Catastrophe” is an exhibition of Px (c)’s collages and includes paintings from his Adjacking Series.

Each artist’s design is displayed on the canvas of a 1.25 inch button.
Exhibitors receive a bag of their own pins the night of the vernissage, for trading.  One button by each artist will be displayed during the exposition.

Pindemonium 06 will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Galerie Maison Kasini, 372 Ste-Catherine Street West, Suite 408 in Downtown Montreal.

To submit your art, Pindemonium will accept digital files (300 dpi jpeg or ai files) and original artwork (must be smaller than 8 1/2 by 11 inches). Also, you need to decide how many buttons you want (10 for $10, 20 for $20, or 30 for $30).

The Deadline for Submission is Saturday, September 25.

To submit your work and for more information, send an email to Lisa and Melissa, the producers of Pindemonium.

EXHIBITION
Lois Eby: “Visual Jazz”
June 23rd to July 31st, 2010

RECEPTION
Saturday, June 26th, 3-5PM

Lois Eby says about her work. “Several strands of influence come together in my paintings. One is Asian ink painting, and Zen ink painting in particular, from which I learned to see line as expressive of feelings at the deepest and most vibrant levels of human experience. Another strand is African American improvised music; here I learned to embrace improvisation as a method of creation and a well of vital energy. The exploration of abstraction in Western art since Kandinsky has also provided challenge and direction. Tapping into these varied traditions, I bring the utmost attention to the moment when I paint.

“Visual Jazz” is an exhibition of Eby’s paintings on paper.

Lois Eby grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She spent her childhood summers on an island in northwestern Ontario. It was on that island, contemplating vast sky over expanses of water, far from the mainland and “civilization”, that her first profound experience of nature, and questions about what “nature” is, occurred. Originally she studied still life and landscape painting, but eventually she felt the need to push in a different direction.  When working from observation, she felt too “outside” nature, and wanted to find a way to work from within.  This impulse led her to explore the meaning of the calligraphic line, of open space interacting with color, and of improvisation.