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This exhibition presents a selection of works by women artists from the eponymous virtual exhibition Collective actions. A feminist view of the collection. This redeployment of the Musée d’art de Joliette’s permanent collection provides a counterbalance to the collection’s current holdings, only 12% of which are works by women.
The narratives that emerge are structured around three sub-themes. The first explores certain major changes in women’s social and political circumstances, as well as the political commitment of artists from Quebec and elsewhere. The second looks at the aesthetic and stylistic choices women artists have made throughout the history of art. The third outlines the history of women’s involvement with the MAJ.
Image in the banner:
Lilias Torrance Newton, Portrait d’enfant, around 1940. Musée d’art de Joliette Collection. © Lilias Torrance Newton Estate