ARTH 375 Issues in Montreal Art Milieu: Urban Renewal

• Tuesdays, 15:00-17:30
• EV-1-605
• Instructor: Charles Gagnon

For this course the city of Montreal will be considered as an inspiration for artists, and as a material environment onto which artists attach their work. Taking into consideration the city’s on-going state of transformation, or urban renewal, we will examine artworks and exhibitions that address this state by using the street as well as abandoned sites for/as artworks. Starting with the 1976 Montreal Olympics and coming up to the present day, some of the artists and projects we will examine are Melvin Charney, including his censored Corridart exhibition, the collaborative work of Lyne Lapointe and Martha Fleming, the unbuilt parc de la langue française of Rober Racine, the Silophone, the various locations occupied by Dare-Dare gallery, and the imminent demolition of Vie D’Ange gallery in Little Italy. As well, we will look at a range of artists, exhibitions, and magazines that have critically engaged with the history and identity of Montreal.