MARCH 20 TO APRIL 18 2021
Drawing from the imagery and forms of the past to better understand and address the present, Lindsay Montgomery’s ceramics offer engaging narratives that bear witness to the inequalities and imbalances of our societies. Her creations explore, among others, political, feminist, environmental and colonial issues, in order to propose an alternative view to dominant ideologies.
Conceived during the pandemic, the works in Year of the Flood reinterpret medieval representations of the Black Death and Dante’s Inferno in a contemporary way. Plates, cauldron, bottle, medicine jars and basket are used to tell stories that are as disturbing as they are wonderful. Playing on strong contrasts, Montgomery deals as much with the precariousness of the human condition in the face of illness and death as she does with the mythical and spiritual grandeur of nature. The remarkably technical sculptures in this body of work lead us to reflect on what constitutes the essence of life for each of us.
Read more » Lindsay Montgomery holds a MFA from the University of Minnesota and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She has exhibited her works in numerous venues in Canada, the United States and France. She is the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (2019), the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics (2018), the Helen Copeland Memorial Award and the Joyce Carlyle Memorial Scholarship in the Crafts Endowment (2014). Her work is collected by: the Gardiner Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Hope College collection in Michigan (USA), the Fernanda Faria Collection as well as many private collection in Canada, the United States and France. Less »
Press:
Le Soleil : Josianne Desloges – Lindsay Montgomery à la Galerie 3 : le pouvoir des Gorgones de faïence
Ici Radio-Canada – C’est encore mieux l’après-midi : Anne-Josée Cameron – Art et culture : L’année du déluge de Lindsay Montgomery
L’Aérospatial – CKRL 89,1 : Myriam Le Lan et Kassandra Graham – L’année du déluge de Lindsay Montgomery à la Galerie 3
MAtv – LéZarts Québec : Tanya Beaumont, Marie-Hélène Raymond et Catherine Côté – Émission du 1er avril 2021
CBC Arts : Leah Collins – The pandemic deserves a special ‘plate’ in hell
À l’est de vos empires : Michelle Drapeau et Sevia Pellissier – Lindsay Montgomery à la Galerie 3
