While the study of materiality and the traces of process have fuelled Chloé Desjardins’ work for a number of years, in her exhibition called formes, this is expressed in a shift of the represented object, making a change from being utilitarian to becoming an artwork. When Chloé Desjardins reproduces packaging, tools, raw materials, furniture and…
Since the 1980s, the art world has become increasingly professionalized and bureaucratized. Artists and cultural workers are increasingly subject to an array of administrative requirements. Workshops and self-managed production and dissemination spaces are giving way to office spaces limited to paperwork and screen surfaces on which perpetual cycles of recommencement take place: receipt and feedback…
The CIRCA art actuel team is delighted to unveil the latest edition of its annual fundraising exhibition, Collection CIRCA. This year’s theme is Rock’oco, and it runs from Thursday, September 12 to Saturday, October 19, 2024. Bringing together some sixty artists, this event will live up to your imagination. Radical rococo decor or a touch…
Pauline-Desautels Award CIRCA art actuel is pleased to announce the return of the Prix Pauline-Desautels. The $5,000 prize is awarded annually to a committed artist whose work in sculpture or installation, in keeping with CIRCA’s mission, has stood out to the public and the artistic community as a whole over the past three years. A…
“The core of CIRCA is made up of artists who have a genuine interest in sculpture, installation and forms in space. They have a deep commitment to their art and great desire to enrich and support their community.” Émilie Granjon, Executive Director of CIRCA art actuel Dear community, Since 1988, CIRCA art actuel, an artist-run centre,…