Never a word of lie

The opening of the Poor Traits show was an amazing, terribly sweaty celebration of an incredible collection of portraits from some of our favorite artists round town!! The show's up till the end of September, so, if you find yourself in the area, don't hesitate to drop by HQ to check this amazing collection of work out.

Check out more of the action at Tyson's HQ blog...

http://hqgalerieboutique.blogspot.com/




Here's a list of participating artists:

Aya Kakeda
Mimi Traillette
Fabesko
Maryanna Hardy
Eric Braun
Rupert Bottenberg
Jen Storey
Fred Casia
Yana Gorbulsky (Supayana)
Elaine Ho (Roadkill)
Angie Johnson (Norwegian Wood)
Raphaelle bard
Richard Suicide
Fred Caron
Five8
Chris Dyer
Omen
Richard Rossetto
Kevin Ledo
Tyson Bodnarchuk
James Kerr
Jason Botkin
Billy Mavreas
Mike Giles (Furni)
Judy Lawrence (Miju)
Caro Caron
Jennifer Hamilton
Myshel
Hazel LaPalme
Foie Jaune
Lisa Czech
Benjamin Deshaies
Vanessa Moore
Neil Doshi
Kathlene Weldon
Produkt
Edward Maloney
Amy Wong
Celine Caron

this is gonna be sick!

Poor Traits
Portraiture like you've never seen before
(produced by Tyson Bodnarchuk, Jason Botkin, and James Kerr)

Featuring the works of well over twenty emerging and established artists, “Poor Traits” is a playful group show in which each participant was asked to submit a portrait of whomever, or whatever they chose. The only criteria being anything from the shoulders up, and each on a 12x12” pre-prepared panel.

Significantly, this project in its massive accumulation of images, focuses not on the individual visage (by giving each its ‘personal space’), but instead, like a mob of people hung in a salon-styled cluster of panels, these works challenge the viewer to confront the installation as a whole. Only with a little time and patience do the individual faces emerge to tell their tales, till the next character begs for attention. Thus the multifaceted story unfolds as one gets the picture of a of very talented pile of artists having fun. Perhaps somehow reminiscent of a crowd filled nightmare, we assure you, this show will undoubtedly be far, far away from a bad dream. Bring your blankey just in case.

Aya Kakeda
Mimi Traillette
Fabesko
Eric Braun
Rupert Bottenberg
Maryanna Hardy
Jen Storey
Fred Casia
Yana Gorbulsky (Supayana)
Elaine Ho (Roadkill)
Angie Johnson (Norwegian Wood)
Raphaelle bard
Tyler Rauman
Fred Caron
Fiveeight
Bfour
Omen
Richard Rossetto
Stephen Schellenberger
Tyson Bodnarchuk
James Kerr
Jason Botkin
Billy Mavreas
Mike Giles (Furni)
Judy Lawrence (Miju)
Carol Caron
Benjamin Deshaies
+ more

Opening night Saturday, August 22, 2009
6-11 pm
Music by DJ Garry "Hero" Vickers

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Headquarters Galerie & Boutique has been ushering in new artistic talent since June 1st 2006. Featuring new artist exhibitions once a month this 2 level galerie/boutique concept store aims to draw out the curious and reward the faithful. New clothing, accessories and home-ware designers are added to the store roster often, and the contents of the store are constantly changing. Focusing on indie designers from around the globe, the mix of art and product design meld in glorious harmony.

For more info please contact Tyson Bodnarchuk or Angie Johnson at:
E-mail: HQgalerieboutique@gmail.com
Phone: 514.678.2923
Store: 1649 rue Amherst, Montreal, QC

www.HQgalerieboutique.com
HQgalerieboutique@gmail.com

EN MASSE/MCA

After the Beastie Boys canceled their appearance at Osheaga this year (see below), the festival organizers asked the EM crew to put together a 5x10' piece for Adam Yauch (aka MCA), who was recently diagnosed with cancer. This is our get well card, packed with positive vibration, and wishes for speedy recovery!

Tyson Bodnarchuk has a great post on the process found at his Galerie HQ blog...

ttp://hqgalerieboutique.blogspot.com/

Including Tyson Bodnarchuk, Fred Caron, Fred Casia (Momunit), Kevin Ledo (surprise guest appearance rockin out the shoe tip!), Raphaele Bard (Dorke), Tim Barnard, Rupert Bottenberg, and myself.

AMazing drawing!!

EN MASSE @ Osheaga

(photos courtesy of Fred Caron...more at following link)
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/En-Masse--Osheaga-(day-01)/278702

En Masse

EN MASSE - En Masse @ Osheaga 2009

With its debut installation at Galerie Pangée in February, 2009, the EN MASSE collective launched an exciting new element into the Montreal visual arts scene. In an unprecedented force of ink, the artists performed a monumental ‘art jam’ that covered every inch of the gallery’s walls.

28 artists with backgrounds in graffiti, comics, underground design and fine art culminate their talents toward a collective experience of the spontaneous ecstasy of making marks. Brand new to Montreal gallery and museum spaces, EN MASSE is a movable feast of collaborative, improvised creation.

Curated by Jason Botkin, Rupert Bottenberg and Fred Casia, the Osheaga EN MASSE event features a dozen artists performing a large-scale, improvised and site-specific mural to the festival sounds.

Lisa Czech
Tyler Rauman
Raphaele Bard
Gene Pendon
Tyson Bodnarchuk
Rupert Bottenberg
Fred Caron
Jason Botkin
Fred Casia
Krista Bursey
Omen
Alaska B
Tim Barnard

http://marbelusarts.org/osheaga/?p=45