MONTRÉAL, Oct. 4, 2016 /CNW
Telbec/ - The Quebecor gallery is proud to present works from
several major series produced over the last 10 years by
multidisciplinary artist Marc Séguin. The exhibition runs until
January 2017.
"Art expresses the spirit of a society; Quebecor is committed to
supporting and promoting the arts and making them part of
Quebecers' daily lives," said Pierre
Dion, President and CEO of Quebecor. "It is a privilege to
host a large-scale exhibition of works by Marc Séguin, an important
artist whose caustic voice and critical gaze have made him a major
figure on the Québec arts scene and earned him an international
reputation that is a source of pride for us all."
About Marc Séguin
Marc Séguin was born in the
Outaouais in 1970 and studied art at Concordia
University. Today, he divides his time between painting
(mainly in Brooklyn), writing,
filmmaking (his first feature film, Stealing Alice, will be
released soon), raising his four children and making artisan maple
syrup.
Marc Séguin is a socially engaged artist who uses iconic images
drawn from photojournalism as his working material. He appropriates
media representations of disasters and transposes them to the
canvas in a deeply personal way. Social criticism and revulsion at
violence and human stupidity are constant themes in his work. Marc
Séguin also has a keen interest in engraving, which he has been
practicing since the beginning of his career more than 20 years
ago.
To date, Marc Séguin has had more than 20 solo exhibitions and
has participated in a similar number of group exhibitions and
international shows in Madrid,
Barcelona, Venice, Berlin, Cologne, New
York, Miami, Chicago, Brussels and Namur. The exhibition at the Quebecor gallery
includes several recent works that have not been shown before. The
pieces, taken mainly from Galerie Simon
Blais' holdings and its owner's personal collection, provide
a brief but compelling overview of Marc Séguin's prolific
career.
Works by a dozen Québec artists have hung in the gallery at
Quebecor's head office since it opened in 2012. Quebecor also
supports many museums and visual arts organizations and events in
Québec, including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and
the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
About Quebecor
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telecommunications, entertainment, news media and culture, is one
of the best-performing integrated communications companies in the
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holds an 81.07% interest in Quebecor Media, which employs close to
11,000 people in Canada.
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committed to the community. Every year, it actively supports people
working with more than 400 organizations in the vital fields of
culture, health, education, the environment and
entrepreneurship.
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SOURCE Quebecor