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Reopening History

his close-up representation of a hockey mask is composed of large areas of flat white, red and blue. Drips of paint create rhythm on the surface of the canvas.

This colour photograph shows the base of a monument with Champlain’s name carved in relief. A canoe made of cereal boxes is perched on a ledge, and the man sitting in it wears a headdress made of the same material.

Cette photographie montre un morceau de tissu qui reprend les dimensions d’une feuille de format lettre. Le tissu est entièrement brodé de perles rouges et blanches. Les perles blanches forment des lignes horizontales à la manière d’un texte sur un fond de billes rouges.

This two-panel mosaic includes thirteen photographs in plastic laminate. The images on the left are of sliced bread, women hanging from cords, a man sitting in a chair and a little girl drawing with chalk. Those on the right show people masked or made-up.

A man cowers on a snow-covered plain with his left arm outstretched in a protective or pleading gesture. At the left, a hazy figure walks toward the edge of the frame, ignoring the prostrate man.

Various elements are spread out on a wooden table: a charcoal drawing on yellowed paper, paint brushes in a glass of water, tubes of paint, a compass and a bust. In the background is a painting of a group of women.

This photograph shows seven puppet-like puppet-like figurines made of bits of paper and fabric and mounted on metal rods. They are displayed on white blocks arranged to form a long procession.

This low-angle image taken from a film shows a man, in three-quarter back view, riding a bay horse. He is wearing a cowboy hat and has a guitar slung across his back. In the background, rocky hills rise along a river.

Une femme partiellement dénudée vue de dos est allongée sur le côté sur une surface recouverte d’un drap blanc. Une grande cicatrice, d’où pendent des fils de perles rouges, lui traverse le dos en diagonale. La photo est présentée dans une boite lumineuse.

Three dozen men are gathered in a large room. Each one is portrayed in great detail. In front of them, a long-haired man wearing nothing but stiletto heels lounges on a Hudson’s Bay blanket draped over a box. He is looking at the others, with one arm raised.

This photo shows a view of fourteen white glass-fronted rectangular boxes placed side by side. Inside them are wooden sticks wrapped in white string. The boxes are propped against a white wall.

This black-patinated bronze sculpture represents a canoe crowded with thirteen figures. The angled photo shows seven of them: a raven, two men, a wolf, an eagle, a frog and a bear. The sculpture sits in a shallow pool.

This work is composed of two almost identical sheets of paper marked with a dot above the caption “Two Dots.” One dot is red and other is black. The fax transmission report appears at the bottom of each sheet.

This colour photograph shows three people lounging under trees in a backyard. One woman is sitting on the ground near a chair, while another is lying in the grass. A man sitting apart from them is reading a book.

This work is composed of two photographs side by side. The colour picture on the left shows framed photos on a wall above a dresser. The black-and-white picture on the right shows a pensive man in an armchair, to the right of the dresser.

Two figures appear in the foreground. On the left, a woman in a blue dress and red cape gazes down at a white-robed angel kneeling at her feet. A field of colourful flowers spreads across the background.

In a large gallery, the gigantic skeleton of an unidentifiable marine mammal is suspended from the ceiling. The sharp edges of the “bones” reveal that they are made of pieces of plastic chairs.

This collage is composed of diverse elements that include portraits, a newspaper article, a few segments of text and numerals. They are arranged on a background of red, yellow and pink masses.

This small gilt-bronze decorative object depicts a reclining man leaning on a lyre. Near him lies a nude woman with her head thrown back. Between them is a hollow designed to hold ink.

This photograph shows a woman looking at the camera. Behind her is a painting of a mountain partially covered in snow.

In this photo, a low platform holds an assemblage of metal objects, taxidermy animals and artificial plants. A male mannequin dressed in a suit stands on a raised platform. Its head has been replaced by a cast rooster head.

2007 Reopening History

In this autumn scene set on a mountain lake, a log cabin is perched on a rocky point. Moored at a wooden dock is a scale model of the CF-105 Arrow, retrofitted as a sea plane and bearing the Royal Canadian Air Force roundel.

Cette photographie en noir et blanc présente, dans la partie gauche, une femme assise dans un fauteuil. Un lit se trouve dans la partie droite de l’image et une bibliothèque en arrière-plan couvre la surface du mur.

In Homage to Webern No. 1 is a monochromatic white print on which fine white and grey lines stand out. Three small squares are arranged horizontally at the bottom of the print, slightly off-centre to the right.

A woman is seated at a kitchen table surrounded by household objects including a telephone, an iron and a bouquet of flowers. She is sewing a banner while looking through a window at two men in conversation outside.

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This work is composed of 426 small painting mounted on a wall in a way that suggests a series of woven placemats. On each painting are handwritten words overlaid with spots and checkered motifs in varied light and dark shades.

At the heart of a lush forest, a humble little church in shades of cream occupies the centre of the image. Pink and violet fluorescent forms float above the structure, with two small interventions placed in the lower right area.

This hand-coloured, high-contrast black-and-white photo shows three women bust-length, facing the camera. Their hair is done up and they are wearing showy makeup. The background is neutral white.

This hand-drawn map represents North and Central America, but without the United States. Mexico occupies all of North America up to a shared border with Canada. The country names are written in uppercase letters.

This work is divided into three parts. The centre panel pictures three boys on a low wall, two sitting and one lying down. Two smaller side panels show trees whose branches stretch into the centre panel.

A sepia-toned drawing shows soldiers gathered around a wounded man on the ground. A half-naked Native brave with accoutrements tinged in red and blue is crouched at the man’s feet. The drawing is flanked by rectangles, blue on the left and red on the right, like a tricolour flag.

1921 Reopening History

Red-coated British soldiers are guarding a group of naked people waiting amid crates and bags, as a smaller group is escorted to anchored ships. The background shows the ocean and ships at the left and a coastal landscape at the right.

Under a blazing sun, men, women and children, most of them white, appear to be waiting. They are surrounded by suitcases and crates of personal items. The way they are dressed recalls the 1970s.

Three women wearing naked-muscle-man bodysuits and fright wigs are flaunting giant fake guitars. Standing spread-legged and pumping their right fists, they are imitating a rock band giving a show. Their faces are contorted in rebellious victory.

This photo shows a section of the exhibition Body Missing, by Vera Frenkel. Several lightboxes are arranged in a room whose walls and floor are made of wide wooden planks. A video monitor sits on two stacked crates.

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