Exhibition
LA MAIN - Contemporary art jewellery from Quebec
From 9 June 2023, as part of the OFF programme of Révélations Grand Palais, the LA Joaillerie par Mazlo gallery and the Robert Mazlo Endowment Fund for art and contemporary art jewellery will be putting on a Quebec show with Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h and 9 of its artists. An exhibition curated by Noel Guyomarc’h et Stéphane Blackburn.
“A whimsical play on words, between the artist’s hand and “la Main”, the name given to the boulevard St-Laurent on which the Noel Guyomarc’h gallery is based! Short for Main Street in English, this street that divides the city of Montreal is a meeting place for the French-speaking, English-speaking and immigrant communities. Dynamic and lively, it’s home to unusual boutiques, cosmopolitan restaurants, bars and nightclubs, as well as numerous artists’ studios and art galleries!
This intriguing title highlights the heterogeneous and surprising nature of this exhibition. The wide range of works on display reveals the effervescence of contemporary jewellery in Quebec. To illustrate this point, we have chosen original and unique works that stand out for their materiality, the quality of their execution and the subjects they address.” — Noel Guyomarc’h et Stéphane Blackburn, curators of the exhibition.
The guest artists are Silvie Altschuler, Marie-Eve G. Castonguay, Josée Desjardins, Gabrielle Desmarais, Aurélie Guillaume, Vivi Lamarre, Emily Lewis, Kathy Ouellette et Magali Thibault-Gobeil.
June 9 > 24, 2023
- Tuesday 2 > 7 pm
- Wednesday & Thursday by appointment
- Friday 2 > 7 pm
- Saturday 11am > 1pm - 2 > 7 pm
Guest artists
WORKS ON VIEW
The curators
Noel Guyomarc'h
Noel Guyomarc’h has been active in the field of art jewellery for almost 30 years. After working as an assistant in a jewellery gallery and having studied jewellery design and creation at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, he opened his own gallery in 1996, acting as curator, representative, promoter and consultant. He has organized over 120 individual and group exhibitions, both at the national and international level. Invited regularly to sit on juries and to lecture, Mr. Guyomarc’h is also an evaluator for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and he was the president on the board of the École de joaillerie de Montréal (2004-2011). He also gives workshops in jewellery design and belongs to a number of national and international associations. His activities in the field have been the subject of numerous articles.