Un messaggio di pace nel cuore di Montréal

11 Giugno 2017

Il 2017 è un anno speciale per la città di Montréal. La popolare destinazione del Canada, nonché centro maggiore della provincia del Québec, festeggia infatti in grande stile il traguardo del 375esimo anniversario della sua fondazione. Nel nutrito programma messo a punto per la straordinaria occasione, a emergere è la mostra-evento La Balade de la Paix / An Open-Air Museum. Inaugurata nei giorni scorsi e aperta fino al 29 ottobre 2017, è una grande rassegna di arte pubblica e si estende per circa un chilometro, intercettando il tracciato della Sherbrooke Street. Organizzata dal Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), in collaborazione con McCord Museum, Concordia e McGill universities, La Balade de la Paix lancia ai residenti e visitatori della città l’invito a percorrere questa “passeggiata nell’arte” con lo stesso spirito che anima i partecipanti alle marce della pace.

Wang Shugang (born in 1960), The Meeting, 2007, 8 painted bronze figures, 92 x 75 cm (each). Collection of the artist, Vancouver Biennale loan, in collaboration with the McGill University Visual Arts Collection. Photo Dan Fairchild
Jonathan Borofsky (born in 1942), Human Structures Vancouver, 2010, 64 moulded, welded and painted galvanized steel figures, concrete base, 730 x 510 x 510 cm. Vancouver Biennale loan, in collaboration with the McGill University Visual Arts Collection. Photo GoToVan
Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark in 1928), LOVE Blue Green, 1996, painted aluminum, 1/2, artist’s proof, 193 x 169 x 91 cm. Buschlen Mowatt Nichol Foundation, Vancouver Biennale loan. © Robert Indiana / SODRAC (2017). Photo Dave Aharonian
Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011), Architectural Cactus #6, 2008, aluminum sheet, diamond plate aluminum, coloured corrugated aluminum, acrylic, fibreglass grating, galvanized steel base, stainless steel hardware, 6/18, 274 x 183 x 244 cm. Mountainville, New York, Storm King Art Center, gift of the Watermill Center, New York. © Dennis Oppenheim. Photo Jerry L. Thompson
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017), Walking Figures (6/8), 2005, cast iron, 284 x 135 x 71 cm (each). Vancouver Biennale loan. © Magdalena Abakanowicz, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York. Photo Dan Fairchild
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), Dancing Nana (Rouge d’Orient – Bloum), 1995, polyethylene resin, fibreglass, steel, paint, 1,024 x 768 cm. François Odermatt Collection, in collaboration with the McGill University Visual Arts Collection. © 2017 Niki Charitable Art Foundation / ADAGP / SODRAC
Aydin Matlabi (born in 1982), Nathalie Is the Heritage; George Is the Heritage; Plamedi Is the Heritage, from the series “We Are the Heritage,” 2016, ink-jet print on adhesive vinyl, 1/1. Courtesy of the artist
Darren Ell (born in 1961), Haitian Girls in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, from the series “Cap-Haïtien and Shada,” 2008, ink-jet print on adhesive vinyl, 1/1. Courtesy of the artist
Michel Huneault (born in 1976), Boarding and Departure from Budapest, Hungary, for Germany, from the series “Occident Express,” 2015, ink-jet print on adhesive vinyl, 1/1. Courtesy of the artist
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Valérian Mazataud (born in 1978), Cotapata, from the series “Chaskis,” 2013, ink-jet print on adhesive vinyl, 1/1. Courtesy of the artist