Foire Papier – Papier Art Fair | 19-22 April 2018 | Foire d’art contemporain | Contemporary Art Fair
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Papier 2018 Montréal, Quebec
April 19 – 22 Fazakas Gallery Booth: #B13
Arsenal Contemporary Art, 2020 William Street, Montreal, QC H3J 1R8
Artists: The Supper Club, Mark Preston, Charlene Vickers
See full catalogue at Fazakas Gallery here
The Supper Club
Fazakas Gallery will be exhibiting collaborative works on paper by three Canadian artists; Cook, Yardley and Becker. This threesome began collaborating during an evening out at a restaurant on the west coast of Canada.
The three artists continue their own art practices, but united for what they call The Supper Club. This social gathering was an effortless way to meet in the evenings after working at separate studios. The drawings began in the midst of a bustling and dimly lit Spanish-themed restaurant, with paper laid out on the table and drawing tools arranged alongside wine glasses and utensils.
This convergence occurred several more times; at different restaurants, a private club, and at one of the artist’s home. Each assembly of The Supper Club included the sharing of a meal between friends. The resulting twenty drawings feature spontaneous explosions of playful marks and remarks; the interchange of loops, dashes, ravens, squirrels, faces, clouds, and formline.
These works on paper have separated themselves by tone and energy unique to each evening – a collection of four drawings per night. A warm summer night elicited colour, clouds, playfulness, pop culture motifs, hallucinations, escape, and dreams – all intermingling like thought bubbles. By contrast, a fall evening generated vertical renderings featuring nature, trees, skulls, growth and earthly elements.
The Supper Club drawings serve as a record of the artists’ friendship, and a diary of the thoughts and emotions at work by their subconscious minds during collaboration. Each artist’s own unique iconography is woven into the paper with surprising and spontaneous new narratives. What’s most interesting, however, is the how this trio of unstructured and unfettered pen to paper dance steps fuse together to create an troupe of harmonious forms and imagery through cross-cultural exchange.
Events photos and media
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Border Crossings’ Editor Meeka Walsh selected Fazakas Gallery Booth B13 as Papier 18 Editor’s Picks Day 2.
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With Caitlin McDonagh
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with Zachari Logan
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LaTiesha Fazakas, Fazakas Gallery Booth B13 presents to National Gallery of Canada tour led by Associate Curator, Jonathan Shaunessy
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Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montréal and Nikolaos Karathanasis, Managing Director, AGAC
Border Crossings
The Supper Club, 22″ x 30” Pen and ink on paper 2018
Philosopher’s Stone 22″ x 30” Pen and ink on paper 2018
Rouge, 22″ x 30”, Pen, pencil crayon on paper, The Supper Club 2018
Group of Seven, 22″ x 30”, Pen, pencil crayon on paper, The Supper Club 2018
Ate, Ate, Ate, 22″ x 30” Pen, pencil crayon on paper, The Supper Club 2018
Arc en ciel, 22″ x 30” Pen, pencil crayon on paper, The Supper Club 2018
Conductors, 22″ x 30” Pen and ink on paper 2018
I Love New York, 22″ x 30” Pen and ink on paper 2018
Big Sky, 22″ x 30” Pen and ink on paper 2018
Ovoids at Midnight, 22″ x 30” Pen and ink on paper 2018
Layered World by The Supper Club at Foire Papier 2018 // Papier Art Fair 2018 via Fazakas Gallery. April 18-22. 2018 in Montreal.
The Supper Club at Hot and Cold Cafe just before dinner! Drawing the next series of works on paper.
ARTIST BIOS
The Supper Club worked on more collaborative drawings today. Foire Papier – Papier Art Fair Montreal April 19-22, 2018. Represented by Fazakas Gallery.
The Supper Club at Catalano drawing the first series of works on paper.
Collaboration Dinner Drawing, 2017, Crayon and pen on paper, 36” x 28”
Dinner at Rande’s A, 2017, The Supper Club, Pen on paper, 22″ x 30″
Dinner at Rande’s B, 2017, The Supper Club, Pen on paper, 22″ x 30″
Dinner at Rande’s C, 2017, The Supper Club, Pen on paper, 22″ x 30″
Dinner at Rande’s D, 2017, The Supper Club, Pen on paper, 22″ x 30″
Red, Black and Blue, 2017, The Supper Club , Pen on paper, 30″ x 22″
Dinner at Catalano D, 2017, The Supper Club (Rande Cook, Carollyne Yardley and Noah Becker), Pencil crayon, crayon, and pen on paper, 30″ x 22″
Dinner at Catalano E, 2017, The Supper Club , Pencil crayon, crayon, and pen on paper, 30″ x 22″
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