This rambling old industrial space at the Corner of St-Jacques and Rosa de Lima was originally a workshop for Canadian Pacific railroads, then a industrial boiler plant and air conditioner factory. At some point it was called the R.C. Plant Mechinery Depot as the faded sign indicates. Since 1997 it has been a private gallery owned by artist/sculptor Jean Brillant. The site features eclectic exhibitions of multi-media art, dance and music.
Inside the 3520

Élise Massy - Gunther haranguant les troupes avant la bataille des Pyramides.
A witty takeoff on BATAILLE DES PYRAMIDES- Bonaparte haranguant l’armée avant la bataille
des Pyramides le 21 juillet 1798 by baron Antoine Jean Gros. Here Napolean is relaced
by Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist and artist who invented the technique for preserving
biological tissue specimens called plastination. The artists is perhaps asking if this technique
of preserving human bodies is ethical and does it justify space in museums? (3520 St-Jacques, 2011)
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