Michel de Broin at Prospect.2 New Orleans
TORONTO – The Third of May Arts Inc. is pleased to launch a new public artwork by Michel de Broin presented as an off-site project of the international biennial Prospect.2 New Orleans, which runs October 22, 2011 to January 29, 2012.
Majestic, a major new public sculpture by Michel de Broin, is a satellite-shaped structure constructed from New Orleans street lamps. It was produced and constructed in New Orleans with the assistance of local artisans, using street lamp poles and fixtures that were damaged and displaced post-Katrina. By resurrecting and reassembling disused public fixtures, only to place them once again in a public space, de Broin addresses questions of entropy and the reorganization of systems. Majestic will be located in downtown New Orleans, in the Central Business District, on a vacant lot at Common Street and South Rampart Street, not far from the French Quarter and will be illuminated each evening.
About Michel de Broin
Michel de Broin is an internationally acclaimed artist, and was the recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award. He has exhibited extensively in Europe and North America, including exhibitions at the Musée nationale des beaux-arts du Québec, the Museum Tinguely (Basel, Switzerland), MAC/VAL (Paris), Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York) and the National Gallery of Canada. He has produced numerous public artworks and his work is included in major collections such as that of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. His sculptural installations and interventions are at once playful and critically engaged, evoking both visceral and intellectual responses.
Michel de Broin
Majestic at Prospect.2 New Orleans
1013 Common Street (at South Rampart Street)
Press Previews: October 20 and 21, 2011
Public Opening: October 22, 2011
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About The Third of May Arts Inc.
The Third of May Arts Inc. is a non-profit curatorial commissioning agency that works closely with artists to curate, produce and present public art projects in Canada and internationally. It was founded in 2009 by Rhonda Corvese and Laurel MacMillan. Majestic at Prospect.2 New Orleans is their inaugural project.
The Third of May Arts Inc. would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts and the Harpo Foundation for their generous support of this project.
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