It is with great pleasure that we invite you to celebrate with us the launch of HB, a magazine dedicated to contemporary drawing, and featuring works by Patrick Bernatchez, Catherine Bolduc, Shauna Born, Shary Boyle Michael DeForge, Annie Descôteaux, Virginie Jourdain., Véronique Lévesque-Pelletier, Paul P., Ed Pien, Annie Pootoogook, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Jean-Luc Verna.
 
For this fourth edition, HB wanted to explore eroticism in drawing and all of the ambiguities that might emerge from this theme when we scratch the surface. We sought the explicit and the suggestive, the sensitive and the delicate, the light and the intense, the non-threatening and the disturbing, revealing through such contradictions all that eroticism can evoke for those who attempt to grasp it before it slips through their fingers.

To multiply our chances to meet you, we are proposing launches in several cities in Quebec over the upcoming weeks. All the events are free and open to all.

In Québec city: Friday June 5, 7–9 pm at La Chambre Blanche, 185, Christophe-Colomb East St.
In St-Jérôme: Sunday June 7, 2pm at the Musée d’art Contemporain des Laurentides, 101, Curé-Labelle’s place.
In Montréal: Tuesday June 9, 5pm at Formats Art Bookstore, 2 Sainte-Catherine E St., 3rd floor.
In Gatineau: Wednesday June 17, 6.30pm at AXENÉO7, 80, Hanson St.
 

About HB

HB is a Québec-Canadian magazine dedicated to contemporary drawing. We showcase the work of a wide range of artists, from the hard-to-miss who have made their mark on the artistic landscape and continue to shape it; to marginalised artists; young artists whose practices move and provoke; artists who draw in hiding; and artists who by sheer misfortune have as yet enjoyed little exposure. HB is structured so that each page is one of a series of visual sequences. Therein HB is a a space for exchange which gives precedence to imagery over text.                                                                                                          

HB was initiated and continues to be produced by Arprim, articule, AXENÉO7, Centre CLARK, Joyce Yahouda Gallery and Galerie SAW Gallery, all who disseminate, promote and support contemporary practices in the visual arts.
 
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Acknowledgments

HB’s team wishes to thank the artists participating in this fourth issue of the magazine. We also thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Conseil des arts de Montréal for their financial support.
 
This fourth issue is made possible through the generous support of our amazing donors: Hélène Albert, Maxime B. Huneault, Céline B. La Terreur, Catherine Baril, Sophie Bélair Clément, Janick Bernard, Christine Bernier, Charles-Antoine Blais Métivier, Marie-Pier Bocquet, Catherine Bolduc, Guillaume Boudrias-Plouffe, Olivier Bousquet, Lucie Bureau, Audrey Careau, Catherine Cédilot, Laurie Chaiken, Simone Chevalot, François Chalifour, Jacques Champagne, Pascal Champoux, Mélissa Charest, Julie Charette, Julie Chateauvert, Chloë Charce, Maud Chayer, Emmanuelle Choquette, Sébastien Cliche, Caroline Cloutier, Suzanne Cloutier, Frédérique Corson, François-Pierre Couture, Noémie da Silva, Colette et Roger Demers, Jonathan Demers, Mélanie Demers, Pascal Desjardins, Yannick De Serres, Mario Doucette, Florence-Agathe Dubé-Moreau, José Dupuis, Marysol Foucault, Isabelle Gagné, David Gour, Vivian Gottheim, Simon Guibord, Charles Guilbert, David Guimond, Isabelle Guimond, Véronique Guitard, Candide Guy, Micheline Guy, Stella Guy, Philippe Hamelin, Claudine Hubert, Françoise Issaly, Emmanuelle Jacques, Edwin Janzen, Marcel Jomphe, Virginie Jourdain, Sharon Katz, Claudine Khelil, Alexandre Klein, Pascaline Knight, Manon Labrosse, Michelle Lacombe, Eric Ladouceur, Michel Laforest, Denis Lanteigne, Julie-Ann Latulippe, Mathieu Latulippe, Suzanne Laurin, Elizabeth Lauzon, Jacques Lebleu, Véronique Lefebvre, Samara Leibner, Sylvain Lemay, Corine Lemieux, Diane Lemieux, Sébastien Lemieux, Bruno Lemire, Véronique Lévesque-Pelletier, Marc-André Mallet, Élise Massy, Monique Mathieu, Afshin Matlabi, Geneviève Matteau, Julie McClemens, Rhonda Meier, David Merk, Beverly Monk, Caroline Monnet, Christiane Naud, Anne-Marie Ninacs, Kat O’Brien, Adriana Oliveira, Nicole Panneton, Pierre-Anaïs Parent St-Gelais, Pierre Phénix, Jean Pitre, Yann Pocreau, David Poolman, Caroline Poirier, Mathieu Pronovost, Benoît Quessy, Manon Quintal, Gerald Rojek, Clément Rondeau, Daniel Roy, Janick Sabourin, Itay Sapir, Geneviève Saulnier, Augustin Simard, François Simard, Jennifer Stewart, Domnique T.Hasbani, Rémi Thériault, Manon Tourigny, Marie Tourigny, Lucien Tremblay, Marie-Joëlle Tremblay, Julie Tremble, Marine Van Hoof, Patsy Van Roost, Sylvie Verreault, Catherine Vézina, Sonia Vigneault, Guy Warin, Mélanie Yugo, the National Gallery of Canada Library and all of you who prefer to remain anonymous.