Crypte en Pologne

2008
PETER GNASS

This poster was part of the exhibition L’art dans la rue (Summer 2021). The project aims to culturally enrich and revitalize neighborhoods, and develop local culture, while also giving more visibility to our artists, exploring various artistic approaches and disciplines. 

In the Summer of 2021, these posters were exhibited in the streets of Montréal · Tiohtià:ke on Publicité Sauvage’s palisades.

Born in Germany in 1936, Peter Gnass currently lives and works in the regional county municipality of Nicolet-Yamaska. He purchased the beautiful Vieux théâtre de Pierreville building in 2013, which he has since made his home and where he set up a studio. He studied at the Lerchenfeld Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, later immigrating to Canada in 1957 to complete his fine arts training at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal.

Gnass is a leading figure in the Québec contemporary art world, with a multidisciplinary career spanning over 50 years. As early as 1965, at the very beginning of his career, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presented a major solo exhibition of his work. At the time, the artist was mainly focused on engraving. However, the following year, he became more interested in sculpture, which led him to be selected to exhibit his work at the Symposium de sculpture d'Alma.

As an involved artist, excellent oral speaker and great pedagogue, he was president of the Sculptors Association of Quebec, as well as professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa from 1975 to 1996.

Peter Gnass has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in many cities in Québec and Canada and around the world, in France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, the West Indies, the United States and more.

His engravings, sculptures, drawings and photographs are part of many public and corporate art collections, including those of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts , the Canada Council Art Bank, the Musée d’art de Joliette, the Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, Loto Québec, the City of Montréal, the Galerie de l'UQAM and the Musée régional de Rimouski.

A substantial number of articles, works and films have been devoted to Peter Gnass whose work has significantly contributed to the advancement of contemporary art in Québec within an international context. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he is also the recipient of numerous artistic awards.

Long involved in the public sphere, he has created many urban art installations. One of his most impressive creations can be found at Montréal's LaSalle metro station, where he was inspired by the sunlight streaming through the roof's window. A true masterpiece, Gnass's huge inclined stainless steel structure was designed to reflect the light and movements of the crowd while integrating to the station's architecture.

Poster dimensions: 24 × 36”. Paper: matte, 189 g/m², acid-free.
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