Irene F. Whittome. Room 901
Irene F. Whittome, from the series Room 901, 1981-1982, photograph. Courtesy of the artist.
Irene F. Whittome, from the series Room 901, 1981-1982, photograph. Courtesy of the artist.
Irene F. Whittome, from the series Room 901, 1981-1982, photograph. Courtesy of the artist.
Irene F. Whittome, detail of the film 901 / le 4 juillet 1982 presented during the exhibition Repères : art actuel du Québec, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, from October 26 to December 5, 1982. Courtesy of the artist.
Irene F. Whittome, view of the artist’s studio at 1030, Saint-Alexandre Street corner of La Gauchetière, Montreal, open to the public from October 27 to November 30, 1982. Courtesy of the artist.
View of the exhibition Irene F.Whittome. Room 901, VOX, from January 25 to March 9, 2013.
View of the exhibition Irene F.Whittome. Room 901, VOX, from January 25 to March 9, 2013.
View of the exhibition Irene F.Whittome. Room 901, VOX, from January 25 to March 9, 2013.
View of the exhibition Irene F.Whittome. Room 901, VOX, from January 25 to March 9, 2013.
View of the exhibition Irene F.Whittome. Room 901, VOX, from January 25 to March 9, 2013.
Curator
Marie-Josée Jean
Available from January 2015 to December 2016
Room 901 was inspired by significant changes in art that were influenced by photographic practices of the time. In 1977 Rosalind Krauss published an article in October in which she proposed the ‘art of the index’ or ‘the photographic’ as a new paradigm of 70s art. Krauss was responding to the work of artists who experimented with installations as a way to capture “the paradox of being physically present but temporally remote”. Room 901 was also influenced by these new concepts, which were taken further by fragmenting the exhibition of the work between studio, commercial gallery and museum spaces.
This recent iteration of Room 901 is the subject of a reflection on the modalities for re-enactment of a site-specific intervention, and provides the opportunity to examine the variable status of a work, its documentation and its exhibitions. This newest re-enactment of Room 901 brings forth all the traces and signs that bear witness to its successive exhibitions, in such a way as to re-invest it with new knowledge and narratives that are unceasingly contributing to the (re)production of its history.
Booking Information
Number of artists: 1
Number of works: 1 video, 20 to 40 photographs (flexible), 1 platform, 1 collage, 1 showcase 1 Press Release.
Dimensions: approximately 1000 square feet / 300 square meters
The selection of works for this exhibition can vary from one space to another, and will be determined in collaboration with the artist, curator and host institution.
Publication
Irene F. Whittome. Room 901
During the summer of 1980, Irene F. Whittome completed an important body of work. Her studio now stood empty; the brick walls and columns had been painted white…
Read moreExhibition Updates
John Pohl, “Three sides to Irene F. Whittome’s life story,” The Gazette, February 1, 2103.
Jérôme Delgado, “Irene F. Whittome, entre le vide et le plein,” Le Devoir, January 19, 2013, E7.
Christian Roy, “État des lieux à la croisée des chemins,” Vie des arts, 230 (2013) 39-40.
Exhibition
Irene F. Whittome. Room 901
2013.01.25 - 09.03
Room 901 is a vast undertaking that led Irene F. Whittome to work in her studio for two consecutive years, creating a work and systematically…
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Valerie Morin
Coordinator of National Programs
valerie.morin@centrevox.ca