Time, Lines. Drawings from Concordia: 1948 – 2017

September 21 to December 17, 2017

What do Marie-Claude Bouthillier, Sylvain Bouthillette, Denis Demers, Giuseppe Di Leo, John Fox, Marc Garneau, Yves Gaucher, Betty Goodwin, Trevor Gould, Jim Holyoak & Matt Shane, Sophie Jodoin, Peter Krausz, Suzy Lake, Sophie Lanctôt, Stéphane La Rue, Naomi London, Thérèse Mastroiacovo, Patrick McEown, Guido Molinari, Diane Morin, Adrian Norvid, Sarah Pupo, Vincent Routhier, Marigold Santos, Françoise Sullivan, Marion Wagschal and Irene F. Whittome have in common?

Not much, to tell the truth! Except… all these artists were once at Concordia (or Sir George Williams), as students and/or professors, and just happened to create captivating drawings which, seen together, offer an intriguing view of the discipline as a whole. That’s already a lot! And our three curators — Gilles Daigneault, François Morelli and Éric Simon — all agreed that their work held material for an exhibition that would be convivial and useful, all at once…