Exposition Le Défi 10x10 de 2010/ the 2010 Challenge 10x10

Call-for-Entry exhibitions held regularly at Galerie de la Ville

usually invite artists to submit theme-based works they've created in their

own studios or bring groups of artists into the gallery to create in-situ.

2010', is a collaboration with the Lakeshore Camera Club and

presents a different challenge: the site was a historical residence in the

Ontario town of Alexandria. Artists did not have a year or a month but half

an hour for photographers and an hour for visual artists to create three

works in black and white showing a nude model in the environment.

The project is a variation of the Lakeshore Camera Club's

usually involves ten member photographers, each armed with one

camera and one lens, shooting ten black-and-white pictures in half an

hour in a location only disclosed the day of the shoot, with a nude model

only introduced on site. The process is documented on film and little

selected per artist, printed in a standard format by the organizers and

entered in an in-house competition for standings.

For the Galerie de la Ville version of the Challenge, the

problem-solving methods of the nine participating photographers were

set in contrast to that of the seven non-competing visual artists'. The

photographers worked as described above. However, due to the nature

of imaging processes of media like charcoal, pencil or paint, as opposed

to the workings of cameras and digital imaging, the challenge was

somewhat different for visual artists. While working with the same

surprise model and location, the visual artists were each allowed only

three fifteen-minute poses in an hour to produce their final images. Their

progress was also documented, and they were allowed few modifications

off-site. Size restrictions were also imposed.

During the exhibition being presented at Galerie de la Ville,

visitors will see twenty-seven photographs by nine competing Lakeshore

Camera Club members, and one off-competition photograph by each of

the four Challenge organizers. In contrast, they will see twenty-one

sketches by visual artists in graphite, charcoal, watercolour and acrylics.

All works are presented in black and white.

Whether photographer or visual artist, all participants had to

respond spontaneously in making their aesthetic decisions. They were

strictly limited in the possibility of re-working their compositions or

surfaces, or of editing, essentially being forced to display their product

raw and do so in a public forum. This provides viewers the rare

opportunity to see artistic instinct and intrinsic skill at work in visual

creation, and to consider the impact of media and time constraints on the

de Martigny, Gilles Desjardins, Peter Gawel, Derrick Hanni,

Ingeborg Juergensen Hiscox, Nada Kyriakos, Aino Lutter,

de la Ville.

Galerie de la Ville is located in the lower level of the Dollard des

Ormeaux Cultural Centre at 12001 boul. De Salaberry in Dollard des

from 1 to 4 pm. Free guided tours are available for schools and groups of

four adults or more. For information call 514-684-1012, extension 298.

Upcoming Galerie de la Ville events are listed on the Dollard

un theme specifique, ou r'e90ivent en galerie des groupes d'artistes

en Ontario. Dans la creation de trois reuvres en noir et blanc d'un modele

nu posant en cet endroit, les artistes ne disposaient pas diune annee ou

d'un mois pour accomplir leur travail, mais plutot d'une demi-heure pour

membres, armes chacun d'un appareil photo et d'une lentille, prenant en

I'espace d'une demi-heure dix photos noir et blanc d'un modele nu qui

vient tout juste de leur etre presente, dans un endroit qui ne leur a ete

divulgue que Ie jour meme de la session de photo. Tout Ie processus est

finales sont ensuite retenues par I'artiste, puis imprimees dans un format

pour classement.

mettre en contraste les methodes utilisees par les neuf photographes

participants pour aborder les problemes estMtiques, avec les methodes

des sept artistes en arts visuels non competitifs. Les photographes ont

manipulation d'un appareil photo et d'images numeriques, Ie defi etait

tout autre pour les artistes en arts visuels. Malgre qU'ils aient eu la meme

visuels n'a eu droit qu'a seulement trois poses de quinze minutes dans

ete accordees. Des restrictions au niveau de la dimension des reuvres

devaient aussi etre respectees.

pourront voir vingt-sept photographies executees par neuf membres du

photographie hors competition creee par chacun des quatre

devaient etablir leur choix esthetique de far;;onspontanee. La possibilite

de remanier ou de corriger leurs compositions ou surfaces de creation

quelleur produit fini et cela publiquement. Voila une occasion en or pour

les visiteurs d'apprecier I'instinct artistique et I'habilete intrinseque a

I'oeuvre dans la creation d'un artiste, et de considerer I'effet des

contraintes de temps et de media sur les decisions prises par les

photographes et les artistes en arts visuels.

La Galerie de la Ville est situee au niveau inferieur du Centre

élèves de votre ciasse et pour groupes d'au moins 4 adultes, veuillez

telephoner au 514-684-1012, poste 298. Pour consulter la Iiste des

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