EXHIBITION / JANUARY 12 TO FEBRUARY 18, 2017
PUBLICATION LAUNCH / THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 7PM
OPENING / THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 8PM

Room 1 & 2
LILI CARRÉ / DENNIS & DEBBIE CLUB / BARRY DOUPÉ / 
JACQUES DESBIENS / PIERRE HÉBERT / JESS JOHNSON / 
AMY LOCKHART / SOPHIE LATOUCHE / JENNY LIN / ADRIAN NORVID
HB no 6 / HORS PAGE

At Centre d'art et de diffusion Clark (114-5455 de Gaspé)

HB strives to present current drawing practices in a printed magazine format; a kind of exhibition on paper where works unfold, come together and interact within its pages. First published in 2013 and meticulously assembled by a team of curators, HB presents an impressive selection of emerging and established artists from Québec, Canada and beyond.

Following its two thematic issues (No. 4 Erotica, and the soon to be released No. 5 Structures), this sixth opus looks at drawing practices that reach beyond the page and which are largely “un-representable” in published form. The selected works demonstrate obvious challenges in terms of print reproduction, where reducing them to a single page robs them of their spatial, temporal, immersive and interactive qualities. These works may reveal the limitations of the printed format, but not those of HB’s curatorial model, which, once transposed to the exhibition space of the gallery, manages to maintain its coherence, flair and biting wit. While the curated works in this exhibition are not entirely representative of the strategies and approaches used by artists who draw off the page, they express a unique vision that reflects the spirit of HB. As such, the exhibition is presented as a kind of magazine issue in and of itself, available for a limited time within a limited space.

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