DEFINITELY SUPERIOR ART GALLERY INVITES YOU TO 3 NEW EXHIBITIONS REGIONAL / NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL AND MORE…IT ALL STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10@ 7PM
WITH A GALA OPENING RECEPTION AND A FEROCITY OF ART, ENJOY THE INCREDIBLE EAST
COAST FOLK SOUNDS/BANJO OF DOUG MACNEARNEY [PEI]…AMAZING! AS WELL A WINTERY WONDERLAND OF RAVISHING REFRESHMENTS AND SPECIAL SUGARY VALENTINE CUPCAKES, COURTESY OF THE CUPCAKE CAFE-START YOUR NIGHT OFF RIGHT HERE! THEN GO THERE AND THERE….N-GAGE ART!
***MUSICIANS IN PARTICULAR WILL BE MOST INTERESTED IN THE INTERACTIVE MULTI-CHANNEL SOUND INSTALLATION BY QUEBEC ARTISTS IN GALLERY 1
1-THE CIRCULATION OF FLUIDS-CATHERINE BECHARD AND SABIN HUDON-INTERACTIVE MULTI-CHANNEL SOUND INSTALLATION-MONTREAL QUEBEC-GALA OPENING RECEPTION FRI. FEBRUARY 10 AT 7PM OF 3 NEW SHOWS-FEATURING: ART / MUSIC PERFORMANCE / A WINTERY WONDERLAND OF REFRESHMENTS-GALLERY 1-SHOWS RUN FEBRUARY 10- MARCH 10
Catherine Béchard and Sabin Hudon form a artists duo who live and work in Montreal in the fields of sound sculpture, kinetic sound installations, audio art, electronic art and performance. The duo’s installations put into perspective the transient and ever-changing nature of things and beings as well as our temporal presence in the world. The Circulation of Fluids Supports listening, interaction and sound generation with recordings of water as source material. It probes water’s resonance as a pervasive and familiar fluid that is present in all aspects of our lives-in our bodies, the earth, and the planet as a core substance. Visitors perform the work, their physical movement captured by sonar sensors. The sounds trigger the imagination, but as well raises, ethical, economic and political questions. Their collaborative works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout Canada and Internationally such as the Czech Republic, Brazil, the United States and Germany to name a few. Gala Opening Reception of 3 new shows-featuring: art/music performance and a wintery wonderland of refreshments -Friday February 10 @ 7:00PM – Gallery 1
2-ALONG THE WAY-JULIE COSGROVE-NEW PAINTINGS/MULTIMEDIA WORKS-REGIONAL-GALA OPENING RECEPTION OF 3 NEW SHOWS FRI. FEBRUARY 10 AT 7PM -FEATURING: ART / MUSIC PERFORMANCE / A WINTERY WONDERLAND OF REFRESHMENTS-GALLERY 2-SHOWS RUN FEBRUARY 10- MARCH 10
Definitely Superior wishes to emphasize to the arts community-at-large an awareness of the diverse nature of artists and an appreciation of the contemporary arts in the region of Northwestern ON, and allow access by members and collectives to develop shows and art production as well as a place to exhibit. This month features the return of Julie Cosgrove [MA University of Calgary], in her first post-Masters solo exhibition in Thunder Bay, comprising of exciting new contemporary painting/multi-media works. Cosgrove’s work considers concepts of place, wilderness, geographies and cartographies, technologies, and processes. Her paintings develop from an external, technological experience of place as well as from an internal and poetic experience of space. She continues to explore and integrate these ideas. Cosgrove is a well recognized artist in the region for her powerful visual works. Julie will be featured at the new Esker Foundation Gallery in Calgary later this year and has shown nationally. Gala Opening Reception of 3 new shows-featuring: art/music performance and a wintery wonderland of refreshments -Friday February 10 @ 7:00PM – Gallery 2
3-BULLSEYE-A PAINTER ON THE WATCH-MARC SEGUIN-AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM-MONTREAL QUEBEC-ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & SUCCESSFUL PAINTERS IN CANADA-GALA OPENING RECEPTION OF 3 NEW SHOWS FRI. FEBRUARY 10 AT 7PM -FEATURING: ART / MUSIC PERFORMANCE / A WINTERY WONDERLAND OF REFRESHMENTS-GALLERY 3-SHOWS RUN FEBRUARY 10- MARCH 10
Marc Seguin is the subject of the award winning 2010 documentary film Bullseye, A Painter On The Watch by Bruno Boulianne. A highly metaphorical film of one of most important and successful painters in Canada, the film offers a rare glimpse into the world of an artist who paints like he hunts: with patience, faith and passion. Originally from Ottawa, Marc Séguin lives and works in Montreal and New York, his work has been exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, Venice, Berlin, Cologne, Brussels, New York, Chicago, and Miami. Séguin’s first novel, La foi du braconnier, was recently published by Leméac
to wide acclaim and is the 2010 winner of the Prix des libraires du Quebec. Bull’s eye, [un peintre à l’affût], the 75 min. feature-length documentary on the artist’s life directed by Bruno Boulianne, is currently touring internationally and has won the ARTV Award at the 2010 Montreal International Festival of Films on Art, the film has been featured at Tate Modern in London,and the Musee du Louvre and Centre Pompidou in Paris. Gala Opening Reception of 3 new shows-featuring: art/music performance and a wintery wonderland of refreshments -Friday February 10 @ 7:00PM – Gallery 3
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