Francisco Goya, Jake & Dinos Chapman : The Disasters of War

This exhibition catalogue accompanies a series of prints by the Chapman brothers entitled “The Disasters of War,” which was inspired by Goya’s series of the same name. Aquin underlines how the Chapman brothers’ imagery, which combines symbols of fertility and violence, supports the theory that war is a biological function. The author describes the hallucinatory quality of the works which he claims reflect “the cannibalistic ritual of art.” Biographical notes

In Your Dreams : Une oeuvre de Gisele Amantea

R. Desbiens associates Amantea’s video installation with the mandate of the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, which seeks to link challenging artwork with technological, industrial and scientific experimentation. Looking for the allegorical meanings in Amantea’s work, Aquin describes its sculptural and audio components. He demonstrates how this work, beyond its minimalist appearances, refers to a popular culture typical of Western Canada (the artist’s birthplace) and, as with previous works, foregrounds the domestic sphere of women and the object-memory function of images. Text in French and English. Bio-bibliography 4 p