Double event!
Plein sud is pleased to invite you to the opening of Maria Simmons' exhibition Brackish Bodies on Thursday, September 18, from 6 to 9 p.m., in the presence of the artist and the curator, Maude Johnson. This evening will also be an opportunity to celebrate the launch of the new issue of ESPACE art actuel magazine, Minerals.
Complimentary wine and popcorn will be served.
Admission is free. Everyone is welcome!
Brackish Bodies
Fascinated by bogs and wetland environments, Maria Simmons explores concepts of contamination, fermentation, and preservation through works that intertwine science, folklore, and mythology. The exhibition Brackish Bodies, presented as part of Manifestation JE/US 2025, creates a liminal space where past and present, surface and underground, the living and the non-living intersect. Rooted in the artist’s experience of the
St. Lawrence River and peatland ecosystems, this new installation combines ceramics, reeds, seaweed, tannic water, saltwater, and freshwater. Brackish Bodies opens up possible ways of reconnecting with our environment and with the immemorial natural phenomena that shape it.
Curator: Maude Johnson
September 13 to November 22, 2025
Launch of ESPACE art actuel's new issue, Minerals
Launch of ESPACE art actuel's new issue, Minerals. Issue 141 bears witness to the emergence of a geological consciousness in contemporary art, attentive to memories and past lives buried in rocky mountains, open-pit quarries or manufactured goods. Artists are inquisitive and critical when considering the presence of minerals, their expressiveness and their ability to act on and modulate their environments. More than just landscape elements, the study of these minerals and stones reveals the surprising itineraries of matter and the interdependence of the globe’s regions and the bodies covering it.
ESPACE art actuel is a bilingual (French and English) magazine founded in Montreal in 1987 by the Centre de diffusion 3D (CDD3D), a non-profit organization. Dedicated to promoting artistic practices related to the notion of spatiality, the magazine publishes three issues a year (January, May, September) and holds an online platform. It also organizes activities such as discussions, round tables, and conferences that contribute to sharing knowledge and stimulating reflection regarding the status of art within an ever-changing cultural landscape.
