A unique look at the history between avant-garde art and rock music at the Musée d’art contemporain.
The name alone, pulled from the eponymous Rolling Stones song, evokes so much rock ’n’ roll nostalgia. And with Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, the Musée d’art contemporain (MAC) offers visitors forty years of time travel through the history of art and rock music. The exhibition showcases over 100 works—installations, sculptures, paintings, drawings, videos, photographs—produced by 60 artists and collectives, divided into six themes corresponding to the music scenes around the globe.
From Andy Warhol’s Screen Test films to artist/DJ Jim Lambie’s sculptural works to Slater Bradley’s Doppelganger series, the exhibition traces an electrifying aural and visual path through the world of art and rock music. Organized by the Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the event is part of Art Rocks in Montréal, which brings together three exhibitions in three Montréal museums. The MAC will be the only stop in Canada and the Northeast for this exhibition, which is on display until January 11, 2009.
For more ideas on what to do when you’re in Montréal for this event, listen to our podcast at www.play-montreal.com or check out these three itineraries which we’ve designed exclusively for Art Rocks in Montréal at www.tourisme-montreal.org/Discover-montreal/Itineraries.
Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967
