Montreal Metro
collections from the last place
art + space + audience
Clark Goolsby
There is so much good art in the world! I'm sorry I've been so MIA lately -- I've actually developed a number of obsessions outside of visual art, including interior design and fashion! So I've been a bit out of touch, I suppose. I wanted to share these mixed-media collages by Clark Goolsby. They're pretty great and if you like some of the things I've posted in the past I definitely think you'll be into these too! 
I like the surprise human figure in that last one. Although, if you look at his other work, there is quite a bit of skull imagery so maybe it isn't such a surprise after all! (via)
I like the surprise human figure in that last one. Although, if you look at his other work, there is quite a bit of skull imagery so maybe it isn't such a surprise after all! (via)
Dil Hildebrand
Check out these paintings by Dil Hildebrand, a Montreal-based artist who often incorporates trompe l'oeil illusions into his works. Don't you love the colours?
You still have some time to catch his exhibition in Montreal at Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain (until Oct 16). Hildebrand will also be showing new work at YYZ (the gallery I used to work at when I was still living in Toronto,) in 2011.
Studio A, oil on canvas, 196 x 151cm, 2010, Private Collection.
Studio F, oil on canvas, 196 x 151cm, 2010.
Studio B, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 62cm, 2010.
Tilleke Schwarz
I've always loved the extraordinary texture of embroidery, whether it be made my machine or hand. It's taken me a long time to post these pictures of works by Tilleke Schwarz, because I don't know what to say except that I love them -- the texture, the colour, the odd and messy composition, the text... 
Fisk
Tree of Life
Don't you love them too?
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thisisdisplay.org
Display is a curated collection of important modern, mid 20th century graphic design books, periodicals and ephemera. The collection is a source of original items for educational, historical and scholarly analysis.Awesome site! (via)
Good one, Toronto Zoo!
Textiles on Etsy
Having moved into a spacious Montreal apartment with very high ceilings, it seems all of the art I brought with me is dwarfed by looming white walls. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. But I had to figure out a creative way to get large-scale works onto the walls without spending a fortune (in fact, it was either a creative solution or nothing; I don't have a fortune to spend).
Etsy, of course, solves all of my creative dilemmas eventually. Earlier in the summer I had been browsing textiles on Etsy in the hopes of making pillowcases (the only item my sewing skills allow for), but I ended up buying and dip-dyeing cheap, cotton muslin just in case I really screwed it up (I didn't, but the risk was still high).
So yesterday, while staring at a big, empty, white wall, and wondering what the heck I was supposed to do with it, I remembered Etsy.
A quick look at this search query will show you all the latest textile offerings on Esty. Here's what I bought, and some of my other favourites:
Two yards of Luella Doss's Hotflash in chestnut, to use as a headboard.
And, (there seems to be a chestnut theme here):
One yard of Joel Dewberry's Chestnuts in lichen to use as a wall hanging.
I'm still in the market for more, but for now I have to figure how how I'm going to install them. Wrap it around canvas stretchers with some quilting lining? Frame it? Drape it?
I'll keep you posted, with pictures!
Hello from Montreal!
I haven't updated in way too long. Welcome to all my new subscribers -- I can't believe there are so many of you!
I've mentioned in the past the great website 20x200, where you can buy limited edition artist prints for cheap. Well, in celebration of their 3rd birthday, they're offering $3 flat-rate shipping on all of their prints 11x17 or smaller. That's right, instead of paying their usual $20 (at least to ship to Canada), you pay just $3 no matter how many prints you order. You have to go. The sale ends tonight at midnight.
Here are some of my favourites (there are many, many more):
The Bison Constellation by Alexander Beeching
Sugarcoat by Michelle Hinebrook
Untitled (I'm an island of such great complexity) by Mike Monteiro
I recently moved from Toronto to Montreal to begin my Masters in Art History at Concordia University. I'm looking forward to delving into the art community here and sharing my finds with you!
Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner is probably one of the most important living artists, coming out of a strong group of conceptualist artists, where he made text and language his medium. The amazing affordable-editions site, 20x200, recently released a Weiner edition, and you can still get yours -- only $50 for an 8 x 10 print. My boyfriend and I are moving to Montreal in the fall and we purchased one together to put in our new home.
