Monthly Archives: December 2011

Art, Humorous Verse, Montréal, Public Art, Québec, Video, Visual Art

Jacynthe Carrier, Rites

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A 12 minute three channel video of what I don’t know
Which is 11 minutes and two chanels de trop.
But it must be great it’s on the cover
Of the catalogue. I want to know who is her lover?

I saw the part with a bunch of ribbons
Then stopped watching after the fourth of my yawns.

I‘m certain it’s great art and deserves some respect
But I wonder how much is due to it being owned by Hydro-Quebec?
They gave the musee d’art contemporain a half a million bucks
My guess is that now, people say their collection no longer sucks.

Art, Humorous Verse, Montréal, Public Art, Québec, Video, Visual Art

Jessica Eaton, Photographs

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This is where things can get sort of embarrassing
Sadly of Ms. Eaton’s work I cannot remember a thing.
I know I saw it, her name is there in my notes
I even wrote “nice prints” as one of my quotes.

But that doesn’t really help when I’m trying to describe
What her work looked like or if it gave off any sort of vibe.
So I plead mea culpa
Look straight at the camera and take a big gulpa

I obviously didn’t have an emotional connection
To Ms. Eatons’ work, and after some reflection
And seeing copies of her work on the internet
I’m not certain if it is something I regret.

Art, Humorous Verse, Montréal, Public Art, Québec, Video, Visual Art

Alexandre David, Une ou deux places

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[M.] David appears to love plywood
A common form of building material frequently misunderstood.
Unvarnished and unpainted
It’s a type of wood to which everyone is acquainted.

Using it to make false floors and fake walls
M. David succeeds in transforming one the the museum’s halls
From something clean and pristine
To something rough and less clean.

Depending on where you started, this might be the last piece of art you see in the show,
And right after it there’s a collection of catalogues to look at which is kind of apropos,
Unlike other museums when the show is finished there is no store.
It is one of the things about the Musée d’art contemporain that I adore.

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