Vintage Shooting Target, shot with handgun by curator Berube, when still a young adolescent, searching for his manhood. Gallery Collection. Alejandro Dorda Mevs aka Axel Void (Berlin, Germany), Nothing New for Trash Like You', Acrylic applied with syringe on found wooden table, 60 inches in circumference, In collaboration with the US. Embassy of Ottawa, Canada. Price Available Upon Request. Hayden Menzies (Toronto, Canada), Untitled #1, Oil, Acrylic & Charcoal on Word Panel, 24 x 24 inches. SOLD. Hayden Menzies (Toronto, Canada), Untitled #2, Oil, Acrylic & Charcoal on Wood Panel, 24 x 24 inches. SOLD. Peter Shmelzer (Ottawa, Canada), 'Hard Times in High Places', 2012, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, $1850 Matthew Stradling (London, England), White Spirit, 2005, Oil on canvas (41 x 36 cm), USD$1300. IAMRURIK (Unknown Where/Abouts), Untitled, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 4 x 4 feet, 2007, $1600 Andrew Moncrief (Salt Lake City, USA), Self-Portrait, 2012, Oil on Canvas, 72 x 66 inches, $3000 Martin Ouellette (Montreal, Quebec), In Between Layers, Mixed Media on Board, 36 x 36 inches, 2010, Collection of La Petite Mort Gallery. $1600. Peter Shmelzer (Ottawa, Canada), Proxy Angels, High Value in Hard Times Series, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2011, $1850 J.P. Danys, My Neighbourhood, Acrylic on Found Canvas & Vintage Frame, 20 x 24 inches, 2006, $SOLD.

January 2015

La Petite Mort Gallery presents
SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE
January 9, 2014 – February 1, 2015
Curated by Guy Berube

There will be no vernissage for this exhibit.
All works featured will be available for sale online & in person.

Welcome to the 21st Century.

 

Statement:

For the month of January 2015, La Petite Mort Gallery will present an exhibition featuring a special selection of objects and artworks from the gallery’s collection and archives. This exhibition, titled SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE, reflects back on the gallery’s ten years of operation and looks to the year ahead with new attention and focus to our goals as a commercial space. Thematically, this selection of works focuses on the complex relationship held between gallerist, artist and audience, emphasizing La Petite Mort Gallery’s commitment to a legacy of selling art and supporting the careers of emerging and established artists.

SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE treats the idea of crime scene evidence as a way to envision movements between private and public realties. As bystanders, we are only presented only with the remains of the scene or the spectacle of the sentencing, and can never know the nature of the contradictory, irrational and deeply human motivations that reflect the outcomes of the encounter. The actual dynamic between the gallerist and the artist is synonymous to that of a lovers relationship. Accordingly, some are remembered for their love making, while some are remembered for their quarreling. Upon reflection, we learn that there is a kind of pain in fervor, and beauty in torment. This exhibition combines the two, and asks viewers to look deeper into the intersection of the artist’s intimate, private practice and the public space of the gallery. SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE suggests that although these traces may appear inconclusive, they cannot be read as indifferent. – written by Adam Barbu

Merci,

Guy Berube
Gallery Director

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