“Créer à rebours vers l’exposition”
The case of site-specific interventions in Montréal
2026.01.16 – 03.28
Montréal-based artists of the 1980s took a particular interest in installations that bring into play the architecture of the spaces for which they were specially designed. Taking place in private apartments, abandoned sites and atypical spaces, their site-specific interventions stemmed from a desire to eschew the traditional circuits of art exhibition.
This documentary exhibition–part of the research project Créer à rebours vers l’exposition examining the history and documentation of exhibitions in Quebec–aims at charting the development of this phenomenon in the city between 1980 and 1989.
VOX wishes to thank for their invaluable contributions Raymonde April, Céline Baril, Sylvie Bouchard, Eva Brandl, Johanne Chagnon, Tim Clark, Pierre Dorion, Irene F. Whittome, Martha Fleming & Lyne Lapointe, Angela Grauerholz, Lesley Johnstone, Martine Meilleur, Dominique Mousseau, Yves O’Reilly, Alain Paiement, Suzanne Paquet, Andrea Szilasi, Martha Townsend et Richard-Max Tremblay as well as Artexte, the Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Centre de documentation Yvan Boulerice, the Estate of Betty Goodwin - Gaétan Charbonneau and the Estate of David Tomas - Michèle Thériault.
