Inside the Frozen Mammoth- New Montreal-based arts blog

Our good friends Julien Ceccaldi and Kit Malo (who exhibited at the Emporium Gallery last fall) recently co-founded Inside the Frozen Mammoth- a Montreal-based arts blog. It looks very promising. You can check it out here. Thanks, Ben Pobjoy

Kit Malo's the Art of Getting Along exhibition

Kit Malo's the Art of Getting Along will open at the Emporium Gallery (3035 St. Antoine Ouest, #74) on Thursday, October 23rd from 7PM-11PM. The exhibition will also be open Friday, October 24th to Sunday, October 26th from 12PM to 6PM. Private viewings will be available by appointment from Monday, October 27th to Wednesday, October 29th 2008.

About the Art of Getting Along-
Through the non-narrative storytelling of imagined (or real) beasts-on-paper, Kit Malo's artworks explore notions of what it means to get along- be it with each other, in this vast landscape known as the daily-grind, or simply through the minor and major melodramas we encounter as we go.

Artist Statement-
An analytical beast by nature, my practice centres around inquisitive and humourous treatments of the 'community encounter' and the ways in which subsequent documentation and re-documentation of daily lived events can challenge or confront ideas of reality, truth, and perspective. My illustrative works speak to an (potentially) unspoken shared experience, from a very instinctual, immediate place within.

About Kit Malo-
Kit Malo is a stubborn donkey who likes pencil and pen scratches a bit too much. An illustrator active in the Montreal arts scene for quite some time, Malo has recently been pursuing live-action/animation sensor-based installations after completing a BFA in Classical Animation this past spring.

While maintaining a home base in Montreal, Malo has exhibited around the world- from Finland to Mexico and back. Works from this beast of a person can be seen gracing the cover of new albums by Snailhouse and Gentleman Reg, as well as on some backstreets and alleyways. Currently, Malo is having a blast co-curating Art Pop, Pop Montreal's visual arts festival. You can see more of Malo's artworks here.

For more information click the eflier above or visit the Emporium website here. Hope to see you there, Ben Pobjoy

The Emporium Gallery website has been massively updated

We have massively updated the Emporium Gallery website with all of our 2008 programming. In addition, we have integrated a new, virtual archive for the majority of our previous shows. The virtual archive features a virtual tour, the exhibition description, the artist statement, the artist biography, still images from the exhibition and the exhibition flier. The virtual archive can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the website's main page or within the Archives subsection within the Exhibition section. You can see the Emporium Gallery website here.

Also, take note of the following exhibitions at the Emporium Gallery (all artist web links are active);

AUGUST-
Doug Brown / Colours
Thursday, August 28th - Wednesday, September 23rd
eatyourart.blogspot.com

SEPTEMBER-
Dennis Chow / The Horrible World of Glamnation
Thursday, September 25th - Wednesday, October 1st
www.glamnation.ca

OCTOBER-
Scott Lewis, Jim, Holyoak, Matt Shane / When I Get Back Home
Friday, October 3rd to Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
www.monstersforreal.com/index7.htm

Jamie-James Medina and Matthew Salacuse / Sanza Hanza
Thursday, October 16th - Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
www.jjmedina.com
www.salacuse.com

Kit Malo / The Art of Getting Along
Thursday, October 23rd - Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
www.lambsamongwolves.com

NOVEMBER-
Hayden Menzies / Things Change
Thursday, November 6th - Wednesday, November 12th
www.haydenmenzies.com

Julia Deakin / Untitled
Thursday, November 20th - Wednesday, November 26th
www.juliadeakin.com

DECEMBER-
Joel Birch, Luke Shirlaw and Elana Mullaly / Highlights of a Lowlife
Thursday, December 11th - Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
www.thekingdomofsadmachines.com

Thanks, Ben Pobjoy

Kit Malo to exhibit at the Emporium Gallery this fall!

We're proud to announce that Montreal-based visual artist, Kit Malo will be exhibiting at the Emporium Gallery in late October. You can see some of Kit's work here. Enjoy, Ben Pobjoy