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Bill Vazan: Walking Into the Vanishing Point Bill Vazan: Walking into the Vanishing Point Art conceptuel Conceptual Art Cette publication fait suite à l’exposition Walking into the Vanishing Point. Œuvres conceptuelles This publication follows the exhibition Walking into the Vanishing Point. The Conceptual de Bill Vazan présentée à VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, à Montréal du 5 mai au 23 juin 2007. Works of Bill Vazan held at VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, in Montreal from May 5 to June 23, 2007. Direction de la publication : Marie-Josée Jean et Bill Vazan Auteurs : Marie-Josée Jean, Patrice Loubier, Claudine Roger, Johanne Sloan et Bill Vazan Publication editors: Marie-Josée Jean and Bill Vazan Coordination : Claudine Roger Authors: Marie-Josée Jean, Patrice Loubier, Claudine Roger, Johanne Sloan Correction et révision : Micheline Dussault et Michael Gilson and Bill Vazan Traduction : Michael Gilson et Karen Pick Publication coordinator: Claudine Roger Conception graphique : 1f.ca Copy-editing and proofreading: Micheline Dussault and Michael Gilson Traitement des images : Pierre Blache et Karine Cossette B. Translation: Michael Gilson and Karen Pick Graphic design: 1f.ca Photographies par Bill Vazan, sauf indication contraire. Image processing: Pierre Blache and Karine Cossette B. Les images sont reproduites avec l’aimable permission de l’artiste. Photographs by Bill Vazan unless otherwise indicated. VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine All images reproduced in this catalogue are used by courtesy of the artist. 1211, boul. Saint-Laurent Montréal (Québec) H2X 2S6 VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine T : 514.390.0382 1211, boul. Saint-Laurent F : 514.390.1293 Montréal (Québec) H2X 2S6 [email protected] T: 514.390.0382 www.voxphoto.com F: 514.390.1293 [email protected] Directrice : Marie-Josée Jean www.voxphoto.com Adjointe à la direction : Claudine Roger Assistant à la coordination : Mathieu Dubois Director: Marie-Josée Jean Assistante à la production : Karine Cossette B. Assistant director: Claudine Roger Technicien : Gilles Cousineau Coordinating assistant: Mathieu Dubois Stagiaire : Amélie Aumont Production assistant: Karine Cossette B. Technician: Gilles Cousineau Catalogage avant publication de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Intern: Amélie Aumont et Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Vazan, Bill, 1933- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Bill Vazan : art conceptuel : Walking into the Vanishing Point = Bill Vazan : Conceptual Art : Library and Archives Canada cataloguing in publication Walking into the Vanishing Point Vazan, Bill, 1933- Catalogue d'une exposition tenue à VOX, centre de l'image contemporaine, Bill Vazan: Conceptual Art: Walking into the Vanishing Point = Bill Vazan: art conceptuel: Montréal, du 5 mai au 23 juin 2007. Walking into the Vanishing Point Comprend des réf. bibliogr. Catalogue of an exhibition held at VOX, centre de l'image contemporaine, Texte en français et en anglais. Montreal, May 5–June 23, 2007. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-2-9808856-2-4 Text in French and English. 1. Vazan, Bill, 1933- - Expositions. I. Jean, Marie-Josée. II. VOX, centre de l'image contemporaine. ISBN 978-2-9808856-2-4 III. Titre. IV. Titre: Walking into the Vanishing Point. V. Titre: Bill Vazan : art conceptuel. 1. Vazan, Bill, 1933- - Exhibitions. I. Jean, Marie-Josée. II. VOX, centre de l'image N6549.V39A4 2009 709.2 C2009-940117-7F contemporaine. III. Title. IV. Title: Walking into the Vanishing Point. V. Title: Bill Vazan: art conceptuel. Dépôt légal 2009 Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec N6549.V39A4 2009 709.2 C2009-940117-7E Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Publié par VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine Legal deposit 2009 Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Tous droits réservés. Tous les droits sur les photographies et les textes demeurent la propriété Library and Archives Canada de leurs auteurs. Les opinions émises dans les textes et celles qui peuvent être dégagées Published by VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine des photographies n’engagent que les auteurs. Le droit d’auteur sur le livre appartient à VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine. Toute reproduction et traduction d’un extrait quelconque All rights reserved. Copyright on the photographs and texts remains the property of their de cette publication, par quelque procédé que ce soit, tant électronique que mécanique, en particulier authors. The opinions in the texts and those which may be construed from the photographs par photocopie et par microfilm, sont interdites sans l’autorisation écrite des éditeurs. are those of the authors alone. Copyright on this book is held by VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine. Any copying of any element of this catalogue by whatever means, whether Distribution electronic or mechanical, in particular by photocopying or microfilming, is forbidden VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine without written permission from the publishers. 1211, boul. Saint-Laurent Montréal (Québec) H2X 2S6 Distribution T : 514.390.0382 VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine F : 514.390.1293 1211, boul. Saint-Laurent [email protected] Montréal (Québec) H2X 2S6 www.voxphoto.com T: 514.390.0382 F: 514.390.1293 [email protected] www.voxphoto.com 2 4 Walking into the Vanishing Point, Northward on St-Laurent, Montréal, 13 juin 1970 — 23 Remerciements Acknowledgments — 29 Marie-Josée Jean Avant-propos Foreword — 53 Marie-Josée Jean Œuvres conceptuelles de Bill Vazan The Conceptual Works of Bill Vazan — 85 Johanne Sloan Bill Vazan : Coordonnées urbaines Bill Vazan’s Urban Coordinates — 125 Patrice Loubier et Bill Vazan en conversation A Conversation Between Patrice Loubier and Bill Vazan — 181 Claudine Roger Biobibliographie Bio-bibliography 3 Walking into the Vanishing Point, Walking into the Vanishing Point, Northward on St-Laurent (extraits), Northward on St-Laurent (excerpts), Montréal, 13 juin 1970, Montreal, June 13, 1970, 60 épreuves à la gélatine argentique, 60 silver gelatin prints, 10,2 x 15,2 cm chacune. 10.2 x 15.2 cm each. 4 Remerciements Acknowledgments Dès le moment où le projet d’organiser une exposition consacrée As soon as the plan to organize an exhibition devoted to the à la pratique conceptuelle de Bill Vazan a pris forme, il nous a semblé Conceptual work of Bill Vazan was devised, the need to put together nécessaire de réaliser une publication qui permette de revisiter, d’analyser a publication that would make it possible to revisit, analyze and et de diffuser les idées qui l’ont déterminée. Cet ouvrage espère rendre present the ideas that determined that work became apparent. This compte d’une œuvre profonde, inventive et rigoureuse, laquelle n’avait volume is an attempt to pay tribute to an inventive, rigorous and pas encore fait l’objet d’une telle attention. profound body of work that has not been the subject of special La présente monographie n’aurait pu se concrétiser sans la contri- attention until now. bution inestimable de Bill Vazan qui, pendant plus de deux ans, nous This monograph could not have materialized without the a donné un accès privilégié à ses œuvres, à ses archives et à ses souve- invaluable contribution of Bill Vazan who, for more than two years, nirs. Nous lui en sommes particulièrement reconnaissants. Il nous faut gave us special access to his work, archives and memories. We are également mentionner la contribution généreuse des auteurs, Patrice particularly grateful to him. We must also mention the generous Loubier, Johanne Sloan et Claudine Roger, qui ont apporté chacun des contribution of the authors, Patrice Loubier, Johanne Sloan and points de vue éclairants. Cette publication n’aurait pu être réalisée sans Claudine Roger, each of whom provided enlightening perspectives. le travail de Claudine Roger qui, une fois de plus, a fait preuve de rigueur This publication could not have been completed without Claudine et de dévouement. Nous tenons également à souligner l’apport de Patrick Roger’s ceaseless rigour and devotion. We must also emphasize Pellerin et de Charley Massiera, du studio Uniform qui en ont assumé the contribution of Patrick Pellerin and Charley Massiera of studio le graphisme, et de tous les autres collaborateurs sans lesquels cette Uniform, who provided the graphic design, and of all the other publication n’aurait pas été possible. collaborators upon whom this publication depended. L’ouvrage fait suite à une exposition que nous avons présentée à VOX, This volume is pursuant to an exhibition presented at VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine en 2007 avec la complicité d’étudiants centre de l'image contemporaine in 2007 in collaboration with art en histoire de l’art de l’Université du Québec à Montréal dans le cadre history students from Université du Québec à Montréal who were d’une formation qui visait à les initier aux multiples aspects de la concep- training in the multiple aspects of exhibition planning and organiza- tion et de l’organisation d’une exposition. Qu’il nous soit permis tion. We allow ourselves the privilege of naming them individually: de les remercier individuellement : Laurence Beaumier-Breton, Jacinthe Laurence Beaumier-Breton, Jacinthe Blanchard-Pilon, Andréanne Blanchard-Pilon, Andréanne C.-Desfossés, Saada El-Akhrass, Daniel C.-Desfossés, Saada El-Akhrass, Daniel Gagnon, Pascale Gagnon- Gagnon, Pascale Gagnon-Boucher, Catherine Héroux, Huguette Laperle, Boucher, Catherine Héroux, Huguette Laperle, Justine Lebeau, Justine Lebeau, Geneviève Loiselle, Eugénie Marcil, Élisa Mottard, Geneviève Loiselle, Eugénie Marcil, Élisa Mottard and Marie-Josée Marie-Josée Roch. L’exposition a également été présentée à la Art Gallery Roch. The exhibition was also presented at the Art Gallery of Windsor en 2008. of Windsor in 2008. Nous avons pu réaliser ce projet de publication grâce à l’aide récur- This publication was made possible through the ongoing rente du Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec et de la contribution support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and a private d’un donateur. Que ces précieux partenaires acceptent nos remerciements contribution. May these precious partners accept our most les plus sincères.
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