{"id":10875,"date":"2026-01-14T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationguidomolinari.org\/en\/?p=10875"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:06:01","slug":"vent-bleu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationguidomolinari.org\/en\/vent-bleu\/","title":{"rendered":"Vent bleu<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maude Ar\u00e8s, Guido Molinari and Anne-Marie Proulx<\/strong>
Performances by Mykalle Bielinski<\/strong>, Horizon Factory<\/strong> and micro-residencies by Vanessa Bell<\/strong> and Catherine Cormier-Larose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator: Camille B\u00e9dard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From June 11th to August 23rd, 2026, the Guido Molinari Foundation invites the public to rediscover Molinari\u2019s majestic work Vent bleu<\/em> (1995), a monumental polyptych from the collection of the Mus\u00e9e national des beaux-arts du Qu\u00e9bec. Thanks to a major collaboration with the MNBAQ, the work will return to Montreal and be exhibited at the Guido Molinari Foundation thirty years after its inaugural presentation in 1995, in the very space that once served as the artist\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key figure in the history of abstract art in Quebec, Guido Molinari devoted his career to geometric abstraction through colour and the structuring of pictorial space. In the mid-1970s, he began exploring quasi-monochromy with his Trap\u00e8ze<\/em> series, which requires a longer perceptual engagement akin to contemplation. It is during this period that the term \u201cquantifier\u201d emerges\u2014a body of work in which the artist investigates subtle tonal variations within a single colour. The Blue Quantifiers<\/em> were produced between 1984 and 1997, with the polyptych Vent bleu<\/em> representing the apex of this corpus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work was first presented in the summer of 1995 alongside Molinari\u2019s retrospective at the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain, accompanied by musical performances as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. A decade later, it was exhibited at the Mus\u00e9e national des beaux-arts du Qu\u00e9bec to mark its acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vent bleu<\/em> is a majestic polyptych composed of five large panels arranged in a semi-circle. Together, they generate a space reminiscent of a stage which, during its presentation at the Guido Molinari Foundation, will serve as a meeting point between visual and performing arts through new creations responding to this monumental work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition also explores the many identities of wind: a natural force, a vector of movement, a vital breath, a bodily experience, and poetic expression. Contemporary artists\u2014including photographer Anne-Marie Proulx, multidisciplinary artist Maude Ar\u00e8s, singer-songwriter and performer Mykalle Bielinski, and the multidisciplinary duo Horizon Factory (Erin Hill and Nina Vroemen)\u2014will present new works revealing wind from different perspectives. Vanessa Bell and Catherine Cormier-Larose will undertake micro-writing residencies in collaboration with the Festival de la po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Vent bleu<\/em>, Anne-Marie Proulx revisits a body of images captured in 2018 during an artist residency in Marseille, where she was fascinated by the mistral wind and sought to capture it through photography. In the exhibition, she will present a black-and-white wall work depicting the horizon of the sea in Marseille, where traces of the wind are barely perceptible. As a nod to Molinari\u2019s characteristic vertical stripes, the horizon is here presented vertically. Maude Ar\u00e8s will create a new work in the Foundation\u2019s original vault, a unique space conducive to immersive environments. Reflecting her practice, which explores sensitive relationships between materials and objects\u2014both living and non-living\u2014Ar\u00e8s will present a site-specific installation created exclusively for the Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n