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SQL LeWITT WALL DRAWINGS: Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings: Facilitated by Anthony Sansotta FACILITATED BY ANTHONY SANSOTTA Tour with Anthony Sansotta, 4—5 p.m. Fourwall drawings will be produced at Concordia The installation ofthe drawings at Concordia is not September 12, 2013 University in the fall of 2013, two ofthe drawings will to memorialize a dead modernist butto vivify and be in the context ofthe FOFA Gallery vitrines and two refocus the principles enacted by LeWitt ofeducator, Vernissage 5 a atthe Pavillion des Beaux Arts. mentor, and colleague while performing at an excep , September 12, 2013 tional al caliber of production within the fine art world Wall Drawing #394: Wall Drawing # 1099 will be atthe of exhibition. In this way it is intended to be the lead Exhibition runs FOFA. Wall drawing #123A and #103 will be in the VA public event ofthe newly made public Drawing Lab at September 3—October 25 building on the second floor. Concordia University. The Drawing Lab is a location dedicated to the continued production, examination, Panel Discussion The current dates for installation are September 3 and inquiry into the expanded practices ofdrawing October 5th to 12, with a vernissage on the evening ofThursday in recognition ofthe continued relevance and rigour (Homecoming weekend) the 12th• Exhibition runs until October 25th Anthony inherent in drawing. Sansottawill also provide a walkingtour ofthe dra wings in conversation with François Morelli just prior ...anything that encodes information in order to slim- ‘ to the vernissage. ulate the memory to store orretrieve information is “writing’ whether it be aiphabet,hieroglyph, ideogram The drawings will be produced with the participa- American Indian picture writing, or Inca knot writing.” tion of 25 students underthe guidance ofAnthony Marycarruthers, TheRookorMemory:AStudyofMemoryinMediaevciiculture Sansotta. Anthony Sansotta is an artist and longtime assistant of Sol LeWitt. He was responsible, along with In recognition ofthis writing outside of language, others, for directingthe installation of So! LeWitt: a and the clarity with which these drawingstell our Wa!! Drawing Retrospective at MassMoCA. Mr. Sansotta polyphonic stories, we are excited to introduce the has worked and had a supervisory role in every major Drawing Labtothe city of Montréal with this remar E Lfl retrospective of LeWitt’s wall drawings, which include kable project. Please note thatthe while Wall Drawing 00 (3 most major museums in America and Europe. #394 in the York Corridor will remain for a 6 week r—. > exhibition period, Wall Drawing #1099 will be in the 0 LU >(ci He is currentlythe artistic director ofthe LeWitt Ste-Catherine Street Vitrine forthe programming year E -D- U C> c Estate, and is involved in the creation ofThe LeWitt as a beacon announcingthe Drawing Lab, as well as a 0 0 D 4- “o0’oL Wall Drawing Center at Yale University. Mr. Sansotta’s gifttothe city of Montréal. Thetwo drawings that will (ci ci) ci) r— understanding and implementation of LeWitt’s aesthe- be produced in the Pavillion des Beaux-arts will remain UL -LD>c..i_ cCi) _‘cDi) 4ccX-.i-)JUec taicrtgaivnedshhisimcualtsivpaectiioanl iannsdighstuipnptoorStaolfLeemWeirtgt’isngvieawrtisstosn. for several years. 40(>c-’i- L4(Fc))i U (ci 0D -DC lV)) i/-, 4C) co z0 00 Uz L1 I I AEZ PANEL DISCUSSION: SYSTEMS AND ITERATIONS: A conversation with Musée Nationale du Québec Bernard Lamarche, artist/educator, Jocelyn Robert, and artist Diane Landry. October 5th The legacy of LeWitt as a conceptual artist who used Landry’s works are deeply poetic complex systems that the idea of instructions for production of his works by allow forthe presence ofshadows and traces for brief anyone licensed to do so, alowed for repetition ofthe moments in time. The connection in herwork be works and negated the idea ofthe original. These artis tween labour and ephemeral mark making produced tic decisions propel the wor<s into the realm of musical through instruction parallels LeWitt’sthough is deeply scores and likens their productionsto performances. contrasting in affect and motivation. Still the connec While the operations were ntended to remove the tion is worthy ofconsideration asthe Conceptual art idea ofthe artist’s hand or individual genius, in actuality movement made possible in so manyways the use of they indicate difference in the mark makers allowing for machines and objects ofthe everyday as art objects. signature recognizable to connoisseurs, as well as sug jocelyn Robert is a pedagogue and organizer having gestthe idea itselfas one of ngular artistic distinction. founded AVATAR artist run centre in 1993 in Québec. His work, L’invention des animaux, won first prize in The links between LeWitts wall drawings and time the imge category at Transmediale, 2002 in Berlin. This based works and digital prc:uction cometo the fore in slippage between images, shadows, marks, and the this presentation. technologies and systemsthat make them, provide a rich ground for considering the impetus ofartistic Curator Bernard Lamarche s producing a major production outright. exhibition on Systems forthe Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Qudbec, tha .vll include thetwo artists The intention ofexpandingthe conversation of Le jocelyn Robert and Diane Landry. Witt into contemporary digital works isto recognize the persistence and relevance of his artistic legacy. While LeWittwas but one player in the conceptual art movement, his role as educator, mentor, and colleague extended his effectiveness as an artist. With this lens of artist as actant within an ever extending network, we offerthis discursive programming.