View on Canadian Art

Missing Victor Pellerin

If you enjoyed Iris Haeussler’s recent hyper-real installation The Legacy of Joseph Wagenbach in Toronto:

The Legacy of Joseph Wagenbach. Image: e-flux.com

…or work by other artists practicing the genre like Ilya Kabakov, Fischli & Weiss, Gregor Schneider, Christoph Buchel,
Janet Cardiff. Image: queensu.ca

…you may find the film Missing Victor Pellerin interesting. A part-mockumentary with real-life art world players, the film offers an insight into the Montreal art scene.

Featuring appearances by art-world grande dame Olga Korper from Toronto, Montreal gallerist Eric Devlin, artists Mathieu Beausejour and Sylvain Bouthillette.

Sylvain Bouthillette, Tout fait partie de l’inexpressible et de l’impensable, 2005. Image: galerietroispoints.qc.ca

A synopsis: In 1990, Victor Pellerin, a young painter and darling of the Montréal art scene, burns his work and disappears without a trace. Fifteen years later, the documentary filmmaker Sophie Deraspe revisits the events that led to his disappearance, meeting the people who were part of his inner circle and who succumbed to his troubled personality. Alternating between documentary and cinema vérité, Missing Victor Pellerin takes a close look at this charismatic character, exploring the contradictory points of view of those who knew him.

Catch it while it plays at the Royal Cinema in Toronto:

-Monday, March 5th , 9:30 pm
-Tuesday, March 6th , 7 pm
-Wednesday, March 7th , 7 pm