Bosny (MTL)
This exhibition is installed in articule’s street-facing window. We invite you to pass by our gallery to see it in person.
© Photo credits Sofie Hojabri, @streetadventures.
Finissage: September 9, 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Meet at articule for snacks and refreshments, as well as the opportunity to chat and meet the artist! This will also be an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the gallery, as well as the Plaza and its various actors!
articule is located in a ground floor commercial building in Villeray neighbourhood. There are no stairs at the gallery, and to enter, the front door has a slope (light inclination). There is one glass door to get into the gallery. A staff member can assist you with the door. Please visit our accessibility section for more information.
Mycorhization, installation by artist Bosny in the articule window.
A mycorrhizal network is the underground connection of plants by symbiont fungi. These allow plants to share resources with each other, so that if one plant has more water or sunlight it can transfer it to the others. These networks occupy a huge portion of the earth's soil, linking billions of plants and trees. So it is with good neighborhoods or artistic communities: mutual aid and sharing fuel the prosperity of all. No one can create or work without the support, help and inspiration that comes from others. With this work, the artist hopes to add to the mycorrhization of the various artistic and cultural players in the Plaza Saint-Hubert community. The Plaza has undergone many works, displacements and transformations, and in times of flux, it is necessary to nourish the roots.
For his installation, the artist presents the portraits of two actresses of the Plaza Saint-Hubert, Keithy Antoine, founder of the store Espace Urbain, and Meygan Tolley of Ausgang Plaza.
© Bosny, Mycorhization, 2022.
Learn more about the two spaces :
SINCE 2015, Espace Urbain Montreal is a commercial local business with a strong social mission, a place of gathering, and reflection. The two owners, Keithy Antoine (Founder) and Ceendy, Moscow are Quebecers of Haitian descent and share a clear love for the community, travel, culture, art, fashion, design and business.
Boutique Espace Urbain is at 6529 Plaza St-Hubert, and is now the largest afro urban store in Canada. Home to more than 130 local brands with different unique afro urban inspired products (boutique, café, storage, afro fashion week). For curious customers who are aware of their local purchasing power. Push and help diverse creative business, a lot of afro-montrealers, to raise awareness and educate about the impact of shopping local. Walking distance from metro Beaubien.
boutiqueespaceurbain.com
SINCE 2019, Union Urbaine is an organization that produce inclusive events in arts, culture, fashion, well-being, and business. The idea of the obnl Union Urbaine naturally began with the creation of the cultural webmedia LoungeUrbain.com. And the creation and co-production, with la Maison d'Haïti, of the Festival Afro Urbain, since Black History Month of 2019, to celebrate the cultural contributions of afro-descents artists located here. And since summer 2022, the African Fashion Week Montreal. Our home office and rental space, is at the service of our communities. Loft Espace Urbain, is located at 5926 St-Hubert. Walking distance from metro Rosemont.
Ausgang Plaza is an inclusive and unifying space located in the heart of Plaza Saint-Hubert, with a mission to promote, energize and make accessible Montreal's diverse arts scene, hosting events in music, dance, variety, visual arts and film, and fostering exchange and collaboration between diverse stakeholders.
As a multidisciplinary presenter and performance venue, Ausgang's mandate is to remain a cultural crossroads in the heart of a diverse and vibrant community.their space is located at 6524 St-Hubert, just steps from Beaubien metro.
https://www.ausgangplaza.com/
As an artist interested in how images are fabricated across various media, Bosny has made a name for himself in muralism, printmaking, papermaking and graffiti. From a young age, he has been shocked by how people with different lives fail to see the humanity in the other: his hope is that by interweaving various artistic processes, he might help bridge such gaps in the arts. He took atelier drawing and painting courses at Atelier de Brésoles as a teenager before enrolling in fine arts at Dawson College. During that time, he made a name for himself in the graffiti community as an innovative, experimental voice. He then brought that spirit of exploration into his first solo murals before starting university at NSCAD in printmaking, however the lack of mural opportunities in Halifax brought him back home to Montréal where he completed the degree at Concordia University. Since graduating he has started making art full-time, working primarily as a mural artist while focusing on indoor media such as printmaking and papermaking during the colder months.