Joshua Schwebel, Patrice Loubier, and surprise guest

Panel discussion around the project Micah Lexier

Sunday, September 23, 3pm

 

So the time has come for disclosures, and I must confess that I am not entirely prepared.

 

Disclosures always bring with them a disappointment of expectations, a disenchantment. Disclosure forces us into an encounter with reality, with things as they are, instead of things as they might have or could have been. I always feel exposed in these unavoidable affairs. Exposed, and then unwanted, forlorn… my fantasy couldn’t endure and I must make do with those who will accompany me past who I say I am, or who I fashion myself to imitate.

I confess that I appropriated Micah Lexier’s name, CV, portfolio and career to accompany an application for an exhibition at articule without Micah’s knowledge or consent. My (Micah’s) application was accepted, and so, the exhibition (exposition) came to be.

 

I plan to give a fuller account of my motives and mistakes in a panel discussion with Patrice Loubier and an surprise guest this Sunday, September 23 at articule, 3pm. Please join us there

Sincerely, Joshua Schwebel

Joshua Schwebel (b. 1980) is an emerging artist currently practicing in Montreal. He completed his MFA at NSCAD in 2008. He has exhibited his work across Canada, most recently a solo exhibition at Galerie Sans Nom, in Moncton April-June 2012. He has pursued residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, in 2010, and at the Couvent des Récollets in Paris, France, 2011. Currently, he is the recipient of a Development Grant from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres de Québec. Upcoming will be a solo exhibition at AKA in Saskatoon, 2014.

Patrice Loubier holds a doctorate in art history from the University of Montreal (2008), and is a critic and art historian. He has authored numerous articles in magazinees, anthologies and exhibition catalogs, taking a particular interest in intervention art. He and Anne-Marie Ninacs started the Commensaux, a special programming at the Centre des arts actuels Skol devoted to this type of approach (Montreal, 2000-2001). As curator, he also contributed to events such Orange (Centre Expression, Saint-Hyacinthe, 2003), Manif d'art 3 (Québec, 2005), and Espace mobile (VOX, Montréal, 2008). He also served on the editorial boards of journals ESSE and Inter, as well as expert committee for the database on public art of Artexte centre. Patrice Loubier has taught art history as a lecturer at the University of Montréal and the University of Ottawa, and joined UQAM in 2005.