BGL (artists) explained

BGL is a Canadian artist collective composed of Jasmin Bilodeau (b. 1973, Lac-Mégantic, QC), Sébastien Giguère (b. 1972, Arthabaska, QC) and Nicolas Laverdière (b. 1972, Québec, QC). The artist collective have been active since 1996 since completing their studies together at Laval University in Québec City, Canada.

Work

BGL is known for their self-referential and in situ installations. Their art is in direct dialogue with contemporary culture. BGL's projects vacillate between the boundaries of destruction and excess.[1] The trio subtly challenges political notions through absurdist installations and performances.[2] The artist collective produce art that engages in social criticism and in that way is reminiscent of the work by General Idea (1969–1994).[3] BGL seeks through its work, to challenge the boundaries between art and life. Their artwork focuses on the realization that preoccupies itself with social and humanitarian concerns and that suggests a critique of the society in which they take part. Without consideration of the representation of the real, rather the artworks are created with the goal of inviting the viewer to be conscious of his or her environment and cultural milieu. BGL is concerned with the values encouraged by consumer culture, with attention of its effect on identities, institutions, and public space, as the fiction created by media, television and cinematography, that imposed on the viewer, is already fabricated and thus exhibits a hegemony that puts the viewer asleep.[4]

As finalists for the Sobey Art Award in 2006, BGL have exhibited nationally and internationally, at the Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland; Galerie Toni Tápies, Barcelona; The Model, Sligo, Ireland; the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; Mass MOCA, North Adams; and the National Gallery of Canada. The art of BGL is included in many private and public art collections as the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[5] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (Toronto). In 2015 the artist collective represented Canada at the 56th Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy.[6] The Biennale was curated by Nigerian curator, Okwui Enwezor, entitled, 'All The World's Futures' with the Canadian pavilion commissioned by National Gallery of Canada's Marc Mayer and Yves Théoret, with curator, Marie Fraser. BGL also exhibited in the 9th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba (2006); and in 2007 at the 'End of The World Biennial' in Ushuaia, Argentine, also in Nuit Blanche, Paris, (2011).

In 2007 the National Gallery of Canada acquired BGL's 'The Discourse of Elements' (2006)[7] of this body of work many significant projects are created by BGL from 1998 to 2006.

Exhibitions

Recent solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Features. BGL: Posterity, Prankster-Style. In Canadianart online. Published October 22, 2009. Retrieved 2011-18-10.
  2. Features. "Tim Gardner/BGL: Hello, Again." In Candianart Online. Published April 23, 2009. Retrieved 2011-18-10.
  3. Claude Bélanger ed. BGL. Manifestation Internationale d'art de Québec, Montréal, 2009, p. 3.
  4. Claude Bélanger ed. BGL. Manifestation Internationale d'art de Québec, Montréal, 2009, p. 40.
  5. Web site: BGL. www.collections.mnbaq.org. 18 January 2020.
  6. Web site: First Look: BGL at the 2015 Venice Biennale - Canadian Art. Canadian Art. 2015-11-28. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111541/http://canadianart.ca/features/first-look-bgl-at-the-2015-venice-biennale/. 2015-12-08. dead.
  7. Shaughnessy. Jonathan. Curatorial File Acquisition Proposal. National Gallery of Canada.

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