David Altmejd. Agora

Curator: Louise Déry

In the agora developed by sculptor David Altmejd and curator Louise Déry, more than twenty heads and busts cohabitate as allegorical presences embodying different roles and positions in the universe. By means of a surprising number of mythological and real characters, spiritual and terrestrial figures, as well as human and non-human creatures, the very foundation of Altmejd’s art is expressed: he constructs a world through a metamorphosis induced by creative energy and unconscious forces. From the first werewolf skulls to more recent heads and busts, a thread is woven between the breath and the spirit, the genie and the shaman, the nymph and the magician, the hare and the snake. All these fabulous creatures crowd together: bearing the weight of the world is demanding. The exhibition also offers an opportunity to show La charge (2016), a bronze recently acquired by UQAM with the support of the UQAM Foundation.