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hey! mike, 2012, new york, new york. * * * * * * sittin’ with, 2012, montréal, québec. * * * * * * revus, 2012, galerie b-312, montréal, québec. * * * * * * inked dreams, work on paper, 2012. * * *...
View ArticleHEADLINES @ ELLEPHANT january 14 – february 18, 2017
HEADLINES (LES MANCHETTES) solo exhibition by karen elaine spencer January 14 – February 18, 2017 ELLEPHANT 1201 St-Dominique Montreal (Québec) H2X 2W3 Opening Saturday January 14, 14:00 – 18:00 Two...
View ArticleHEADLINES (LES MANCHETTES) @ ELLEPHANT 14 janvier – 18 février, 2017
HEADLINES (LES MANCHETTES) Une exposition solo de karen elaine spencer 14 janvier – 18 février, 2017 Vernissage samedi le 14 janvier, 14:00 – 18:00 lecture d’œuvres par karen elaine spencer à 15h et...
View Articlegrant proposal as artistic intervention : or how i responded to the canada...
title: everybody knows -canada council grant application year: 2016 material: words and a very tired worn-out dash of faith dimensions: variable image credit: the artist Everybody Knows …the deal is…...
View Articlegalerie des arts visuels université laval – 23 mars 2017-16h30- moi, je parle
le local de la conférence : salle de critique local 3153.
View Articlesittin’ with cabot square @ centre clark, 18 mai 2017
l’assise était assise. sur un banc dans le parc nommé square cabot. sur une durée de quatre mois pendant l’été 2012, et de trois mois pendant celui de 2013. assise avec le parc, soucieuse de ne pas...
View Articlesurvivra + you can still make a donation!
its all good photo : Manoushka Larouche SURVIVRA, un événement d’art action visant à récolter des fonds essentiels pour la tenue du festival à venir. it happened. but you can still click on the link to...
View Articlemovin’ the charter
title: movin’ the charter year: 2017 (work in progress) location: montréal, québec duration: variable karen elaine spencer in collaboration with l’araignée collective june 22nd, 2017 noemi mccomber,...
View ArticleGeneviève Gendron, Lauréate 2017 | esse 91 “La presse écrite revisitée par...
La presse écrite revisitée par karen elaine spencer La production artistique de karen elaine spencer se définit essentiellement par un engagement social et politique. Son travail, profondément orienté...
View Articlea king like the mayor can’t hold back the seas @iscp benefit auction –bidding...
Year of Artwork: 2012 Medium: Winsor & Newton Callligraphy Inks -Permanence A on BFK Rives Tan Paper Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches Framed Dimensions: 45.72 x 55.88 cm NYT December 7, 2012 A King Like...
View ArticleENTRETIEN DE LISANNE NADEAU AVEC KAREN ELAINE SPENCER
Lisanne Nadeau 8 mai Chère Karen, tu étais de passage chez nous en mars dernier. Nous t’avions invitée à donner une conférence au cours de laquelle tu nous as présenté certains jalons importants de ton...
View ArticleVente bénéfice @ Galerie B-312 “Pour L’art” 14 avril – 4 mai 2018
NYT February 12, 2013 Why Buy A Condo?, 2013 Encre sur papier bfk rives 28.5 x 38 cm encadré – l’oeuvre comprend la «copie papier» du New York Times du 12 février 2013, ainsi qu’une lettre au...
View ArticleEncan 29 @Centre Clark 19-26 avril, 2018
NYT January 25, 2013, Cities Urge Public, 2013 Encre sur papier 28,5 x 38 cm Oeuvre unique Mise de base – 1 700 $ NYT January 25, 2013, Cities Urge Public relie la manchette du New York Times à...
View Articlekarilee fuglem’s “résidence” at pierre françois ouellette art contemporain as...
click on: http://esse.ca/en/karilee-fuglem-pierre-francois-ouellette-art-contemporain-montreal to read what i wrote after seeing karilee fuglem’s exhibition, résidence at pierre-francois ouellette art...
View Articlegalerie sans nom, 16 nov – 14 dec – karen elaine spencer, “enveloping self i...
16 novembre au 14 décembre 2018 Vernissage : 16 novembre – 17h November 16 to December 14, 2018 Opening reception : November 16 at 5PM Galerie Sans Nom enveloping self i smell memory karen elaine...
View Articleresidence at gsn –
this bread was once wrapped around larry’s right hand. the bread slices did not cover his long fingers. his exposed fingers were cold to the touch. i placed my hands on-top and underneath the bread...
View Articleresidence at galerie sans nom, moncton nouveau-brunswick
this is a photo of my hand holding 3 balls of squished-up bread the day after they were made. the bread balls are completely hard – a trace of an action with larry leblanc at galerie sans nom.
View Articleresidence at galerie sans nom, moncton nouveau-brunswick – my hand inside...
this is my hand inside larry leblanc’s bread hand-cast. the day after we met. the bread is hard and crumbly. i want to remember something larry told me so i am writing it here: when the bread his...
View Articleresidence at galerie sans nom, moncton nouveau-brunswick –marge leblanc’s...
at age 94 marge’s mother was hospitalized. one day when visiting her mother marge asked, as she did every time she saw her mother, “how was your day?” her mother replied, “not good.” one of the...
View Articleresidence at galerie sans nom, moncton nouveau-brunswick – marge’s crow
marge has a crow friend of 7 years. the crow knocks on her door every morning. marge, who bakes her own bread, gives the crow her store-bought bread. these bread-balls and the bread we wrapped around...
View Articleresidence at galerie sans nom, moncton nouveau-brunswick -paul edouard...
paul edouard bourque, bread and thread, galerie sans nom, moncton nouveau-brunswick, 2018. continuing the work using past-due-date white sliced bread (starting with larry leblanc, 18 november and...
View Articlemarché jean-talon, montréal, qc. 24 novembre, 2018, 10h – 14h.
image is acrylic on plywood, 4 x 8 feet. text is a spanish translation of a section of the quebec charter of human rights and freedoms. Linamar, Patricia, Nuria and Chema (Chema representing the absent...
View Articleonion peeler at CIBL 101.5 le 10 décembre 18h
Ce soir, lundi le 10 décembre, à 18!! La 25e émission d’atelier à CIBL 101,5 Segment création: karen elaine spencer, “onion peeler”, 2018. Une performance proposée par Michelle Lacombe. Crédits image:...
View Articletexte de paul bossé concernant, “enveloping self i smell memory”
installation view of “enveloping self i smell memory” at galerie sans nom, moncton, new brunswick, 2018. to read the text by paul bossé click on link below: pour voir la texte de paul bossé cliquez sur...
View ArticleArt Workshop:Yoko Ono: LIBERTÉ CONQUÉRANTE/ GROWING FREEDOM
Art Workshop:Yoko Ono: LIBERTÉ CONQUÉRANTE/ GROWING FREEDOM April 25 to September 15, 2019 451 & 465 Saint-Jean Street Montreal, QC The World Is Full of Everything It Needs Fondation Phi •...
View Articlemovin’ the charter – july 1st, 2019 – jake moore, michelle lacombe, sarah...
movin’ the charter karen elaine spencer Sending a sign to the Régie du logement: “Dans movin‘ the charter, karen elaine spencer propose de disséminer dans l’espace public des extraits de la Charte des...
View Article“movin’ the charter” acquired by Sud-Ouest
Collection d’œuvres d’art du Sud-Ouest movin’ the charter –femmes/hommes (traversant St. Jacques, coin Atwater), 28 x 42 inches, 2019. photograph by Will Mackenzie, Team of Jeremie Tessier, Callaghan...
View Articleto hold in the hand
opening, retrieving, unfolding, to hold in the hand. a limited signed first edition mail-art project sent to family, friends, and people who i thought might like the work and to artist’s and other’s...
View Articleright here right now
SIGHTINGS 29 right here, right now 11 janvier au 10 mai 2020 Un projet de karen elaine spencer Commissaire : Julia Eilers Smith Logée dans la structure SIGHTINGS et déployée sur les quatre faces du...
View Articlecharter poets: ken mclaughlin, blossom thom, and j.j. lokshtanov move the...
The Charter Poets; Blossom Thom, Ken McLaughlin and J.J. Lokshtanov, take their plywood panel, featuring Section 3 of the Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, to the street. In the video the...
View Article“always the same” inkjet print available
always the same inkjet print on moab 300 natural paper 18,66 x 28 cm. limited edition of 20 100$ click here : espace art actuel Fundraiser for the bilingual art journal “espace”
View Articleencan esse – 24 novembre, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
to bid and for more information click on link : http://encan.esse.ca/fr/spencer-karen-elaine Numéro de lot : 6 stars around the beautiful (extract of “If Not, Winter, Fragments of Sappho“, by Anne...
View Articlemore caught in the act – its here – its now!
walk a mile in her shoes : the art of karen elaine spencer by christine redfern in: More Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women Vol. 2, ed. by Johanna Householder and...
View Article“sittin’ with cabot square” (2012 – 2016) – acquisition by Musée d’art de...
A significant selection of the work “sittin’ with cabot square” comprising paintings, digital image files, ambient sound, spoken word recordings, and newspapers has been acquired by the Musée d’art de...
View ArticleDES (IN)VISIBLES : une auto-ethnographie des pratiques artistique
Exposition des membres AdMare 2022 L’exposition « Des (in)visibles : une autoethnographie des pratiques » présente le travail de dix artistes membres d’AdMare. Elle se tiendra du 15 novembre 2022 au 6...
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