This extraordinary donation, now exposed to public view, was offered to the Canadian population on the occasion of 150e Birthday of the Confederation
Ottawa, is, the 5 from 2025 / CNW/ – The Museum of Fine Arts of Canada (MBAC) will celebrate the donation of Mexico to the population of Canada, Listen to the world, volute 2 of the Mexicano-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano inhibitorduring a public event which will take place this Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 6.30 pm. This donation was made on the occasion of 150e anniversary of Canada and commemorates more than 80 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The work of art was offered by the Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo. It is currently exhibited in the Rotunda of the MBAC.
This is Lozano-Hemmer’s second work to enter the MBAC collection. Listen to the world, volute 2 is a three -dimensional model of laser tomography representing the air expired by a person’s mouth when they pronounce the words “Listen to the World”. It is the first molded sculpture of the artist based in Montreal and known for his complex and often interactive technical installations and his digital works of art. This unprecedented project is the first of its kind to materialize speech thanks to the scanning and a rendering of speech bubbles, whose images appear in a didactic video adjacent to the work.
Listen to the world, volute 2 celebrates the Canadacountry of adoption of Lozano-Hemmer, and draws its title from a musical work by Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, now deceased. Schafer was best known for his concepts of acoustic ecology and sound landscape, which exerted a considerable influence on the artist.
“We are grateful to this gift from Mexico and, on behalf of all Canadian and Canadians, thank you for entrusted it to us to present it in our rooms. Our two countries have maintained diplomatic relations since 1944 which are manifested by strong interpersonal links, rich cultural connections as well as trade and growing investments; Rafael Lozano-Hemmer perfectly embodies this fruitful bilateral relationship, ”said Jean-François Bélisle, Managing Director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Canada. “In this unprecedented division period, the Canada And Mexico come together to assert the solid links between the two countries thanks to the unifying power and transformer of art. »»
“In honor of the 150e anniversary of Canada and to commemorate the long -standing bilateral relationship between the Canada And Mexico, which started 81 years ago, this gift is a testimony to friendship that links the two nations and a lasting recall of our common values and our mutual understanding through art and innovation, “added Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez, ambassador of the Mexico a Canada.
“My work strives to make the invisible tangible, by materializing natural and turbulent phenomena in the form of sculptures,” said The artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. “The unprecedented capture of the human voice, in homage to the Grand R. Murray Schafer, invites us to think of the atmosphere as something changing and never neutral. »»
Public programming
On Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 6.30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the public is invited to a conference by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer on his artistic practice and in particular on his work Listen to the world, volute 2in the auditorium of the MBAC. This free activity is presented by the MBAC in collaboration with the Mexico Embassy at Canada and the Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo. Visitors are encouraged to reserve their place due to the considerable interest in this activity.
About the Museum of Fine Arts of Canada
Founded in 1880, the Museum of Fine Arts of Canada among the most respected artistic institutions in the world. As a national museum, our raison d’être is to serve all Canadian and Canadians, wherever they live. To do this, we largely share our collection, our exhibitions and our public programming. We create dynamic experiences that allow new ways to see and see others through the visual arts, while emphasizing the indigenous ways of knowing and being. Our mandate consists in developing, preserving and presenting a collection for learning and the pleasure of all – today and for future generations. We shelter more than 90,000 works, including one of the most beautiful collections of Aboriginal and Canadian art, major works from the 14 ᵉ in the 21st century, as well as large library and archive funds.
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À propos from the Contemporary Jumex Art Foundation (Mexico)
The Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo aims to encourage the production of contemporary art and related discussions, by disseminating information on this subject and by finding innovative means of promoting art and culture. To do this, the Foundation is based on the Museo Jumex to expose and promote the development of contemporary art whose mandate is to support the practice of contemporary art, independent projects and education so as to allow visitors to understand and appreciate this form of art.
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