Expositions Archive

PHILIPPE KATERINE – MR. PINK TAKES FLIGHT – From 15 january to march 20, 2025

13 January 2025

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE KATERINEMR. PINK TAKES FLIGHTFrom january 15 to march 30, 2025Free outdoor circuitTHE EXPOSITIONMR. PINK TAKES FLIGHT Mignonisme (Cuteism) is a poetically off-kilter movement to embrace the aesthetics of "cuteness” in our physical and psychological environments. Philippe Katerine presents a series of inflatable sculptures in public spaces, all featuring “Monsieur Rose” (Mr. Pink). The monumental icon of Mignonisme can be found perched on rooftops around the city. These...

BRANDON VICKERD – ALOUETTE – From 15 january to march 20, 2025

13 January 2025

MAKE PLACE FORBRANDON VICKERDALOUETTEFrom january 15 to march 30, 2025Free outdoor circuitTHE EXPOSITIONALOUETTE An aerospace device seems to have fallen from the sky and crashed in the middle of the city. A replica of the 1962 Canadian satellite now abandoned in its perpetual earthly orbit, Alouette recalls the failed promise of a brighter future foretold by modern times. It could equally represent the ever-growing obsession with connectivity and the resulting accumulation of space waste....

PROJECT 0° – COURSE OF ICE SCULPTURES REVISITED – FROM FEBRUARY 7 TO 16, 2025

13 January 2025

MAKE PLACE FORPROJET 0°A reimagined ice sculpture circuitFROM FEBRUARY 7 TO 16, 2025Free outdoor circuitTHE EXPOSITIONPROJET 0° Alongside the traditional ice sculptures of the Québec Winter Carnival, EXMURO adds a contemporary creative twist to Quebec City’s legendary winter festivities with a group exhibition of photographic installations presented in backlit blocks of ice. Conceived as a reflection on our relationship with winter in an age of precarious environmental equilibrium, the outdoor...

PHILIPPE RAMETTE – Ode to travel – From May 28 to October 27, 2024

26 October 2024

MAKE PLACE FORPHILIPPE RAMETTEODE TO TRAVELFrom May 28 to October 27, 2024Free outdoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONODE TO TRAVEL Éloge du pas de côté, Philippe Ramette’s iconic statue created in 2018 for Nantes, features a man standing on his plinth with one foot in the air, paying homage to the city’s audacity. In his Ode to Travel, the artist reinvents his own artwork and frees the statue from its pedestal, sending the figure off in search of greener pastures. After touring the streets of Nantes...

ALISSA BILODEAU – ABYSSES – From 20 June to Mars 30, 2025

26 October 2024

MAKE PLACE FORALISSA BILODEAUABYSSESFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025FREE Indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONABYSSES Alissa Bilodeau plunges us into the abyssal depths of a cavern seemingly dug into the Côte de la Montagne, a hillside in Old Quebec. The exhibition space is transformed into a phantasmagorical ecosystem of biomorphic creatures, flourishing plant life and mineral outgrowths. Working in her usual medium, the textile artist creates an immersive, sensory-rich world. Through an environment...

ALICIA MARTÍN – CUL-DE-SAC – 2024 – From September 13 to October 27, 2024

26 October 2024

MAKE PLACE FORALICIA MARTÍNCUL-DE-SAC – 2024From September 13 to October 27, 2024Free outdoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONCUL-DE-SAC - 2024 Alicia Martín is fascinated by the book, an everyday object that she loves for its formal qualities (colours, smells, textures) as well as its symbolic charge and many possible interpretations. The book is universal. It’s a vehicle for transmitting culture, memory and knowledge, as well as a means of expressing human creativity. Her piles of books in public...

JAY SOULE – CHIPPEWAR – BUILT ON GENOCIDE – From 20 June to Mars 30, 2025

26 October 2024

MAKE PLACE FORJAY SOULE - CHIPPEWARBUILT ON GENOCIDEFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025FREE Indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONBUILT ON GENOCIDE A disturbing pile of fake bison skulls transforms the vaulted cellars of the Aire Publique into catacombs. Jay Soule’s hard-hitting installation, this dark crypt filled with anonymous bones evokes a sad correlation between the 19th century decimation of the Great Plains bison and the genocide of First Nations in Canada. A powerful artistic statement and...

JÉRÔME TRUDELLE – RESURGENCE – From 20 June to Mars 30, 2025

26 October 2024

MAKE PLACE FORJÉRôme TRUDELLERESURGENCEFrom 20 June to Mars 30, 2025FREE Indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONRESURGENCE Jérôme Trudelle’s suspended installation is made up of thousands of shards of archeological glass and antique windows, artefacts of unknown origin shorn from their original context. The work’s overall configuration evokes domestic architecture, creating a sort of mise en abîme of the Maison Hazeur in which the work is exhibited. The artist’s engravings on the glass surfaces are...

Alissa Bilodeau – WONDERLAND – OCTOBER 18, 2024, TO MARCH 30, 2025

26 October 2024

MAKE PLACE FORALISSA BILODEAUWONDERLANDOCTOBER 18, 2024, TO MARCH 30, 2025FREE Indoor exhibitionTHE EXPOSITIONWONDERLAND Inspired by the concept of ecological habitat, Alissa Bilodeau knits biological outgrowths that seem to proliferate like ground cover with features of carnivorous plants, anemones, and mushrooms. WONDERLAND appears to sprout from a dreamlike garden and invade the exhibition space. The tree-like structure layered with animal, plant, and aquatic textures and shapes shimmers in...