SWEET CALAVERS: Oct 31st, at Yves Laroche Gallerie

Sweet Calavers: Group Show, At Yves Laroche Gallerie, Montreal, Oct 31st 2007.

Galerie d’art Yves Laroche and guest curator Ximena Becerra are proud to acquaint you with their latest group exhibition, Sweet Calaveras. All are invited to the opening this Halloween. Inspired by Mexico’s traditional Day of the Dead, invited international artists were asked to reinterpret the theme of life and death onto their chosen medium. Typically considered to be a macabre symbol of death in North America, the calavera (meaning “skull” in Spanish) is being reinterpreted in this exhibition with hopes to shift our perception of this universal icon. “We are trying to demystify the skull symbol and what can be more positive than embracing life and death.” says exhibition curator Ximena Becerra, “All of it is not as scary as it seems.”

6pm, 4 ST-PAUL EST, MONTRÉAL, Gallery web site >>>> here.