"Curated by Louise Déry, Director of Galerie de l'UQAM, the exhibition David Altmejd. Agora unites almost thirty heads and busts, which are emblematic of the artist's sculptural practice and were made between 1999 and 2025. Forming a remarkable assembly of mythological and real characters, spiritual and terrestrial figures, as well as human and non-human creatures, this body of work reveals the extent to which Altmejd brings about a metamorphosis of the living, induced by creative and unconscious forces, to construct a world."
"The sculptures were selected from almost 300 pieces made since the late 1990s. They represent different periods, styles, materials, and techniques and reveal Altmejd's vision of how beings are born, gather, metamorphose, come apart, regenerate. This agora of figures in ancient or futuristic, archetypal or surrealist, amusing or provocative styles forms a rich hybridization of human and non-human. Through this work, Altmejd continues his exploration of identity, cloning, species mutation, as well as unconscious and creative energy."
Galerie de l'UQAM presents an exhibition by UQAM alumnus David Altmejd featuring almost thirty heads and busts created between 1999 and 2025, curated by Louise Déry. The works assemble mythological, real, spiritual, terrestrial, human, and non-human figures that dramatize metamorphosis induced by creative and unconscious forces. The sculptures were selected from nearly 300 pieces and span periods, styles, materials, and techniques, illustrating births, gatherings, transformations, fragmentation, and regeneration. The agora format groups independent busts linked by an implied genealogy. The presentation includes related drawings and a studio-like space to inform visitors about the works' conceptual development.
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