Louise Bourgeois, Cell (The Last Climb), 2008 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. © Louise Bourgeois Trust. Photo © National Gallery of Canada
Louise Bourgeois 1911 — 2010
A special presentation of our NGC@MOCCA program
Jun 22, 2013 - Aug 11, 2013
Opening reception: Friday June 21, 8-10 pm Drawn from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada and loans from the Louise Bourgeois Trust, this installation pays homage to the remarkable career of Louise Bourgeois, one of the world’s most-celebrated contemporary artists. Included are works from her very first solo sculpture exhibition in New York in 1949, as well as the NGC’s recent acquisition Cell (The Last Climb) (2008), the last of the more than 20 large-scale cell sculptures she produced. Born in France, she spent most of her life in New York City.
David Armstrong Six, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and PARISIAN LAUNDRY, Montreal.
Project Room
David Armstrong Six
Three Known Points
Jun 22, 2013 - Aug 11, 2013
Curated by David Liss and Jonathan Shaughnessy
Opening reception: Friday June 21, 8-10 pm
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is pleased to present recent sculptural work and photographs by Berlin and Montreal-based – and former Toronto artist, David Armstrong Six. Working in a diverse range of materials, including wood, bronze, plaster, metal and glass, this new body of work, referred to as “associative abstraction” was produced in Berlin within the last year and first exhibited in Canada at Parisian Laundry in Montreal this past May.
Barbara Astman, Dancing with Che: Enter Through The Gift Shop (detail of merchandise), 2011. Courtesy of the Corkin Gallery. Photo: Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
Media/Retail Space
Barbara Astman
Dancing with Che: Enter Through The Gift Shop
Jun 22, 2013 - Aug 11, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday June 21, 8-10 pm Dancing with Che: Enter Through the Gift Shop, in the MOCCA retail lounge, is an intervention-installation of Che Guevara souvenirs. Artist Barbara Astman considers what it means for a cultural icon to appear on a multitude of mass produced consumer items. The artist entices visitors with her retail display but does not allow them to satiate their consumer desire - none of the objects are for sale.
