Jou Lee: Parallélisme + Don Andrus : Paradoxes

October 16-31, 2026

The visible world and the subconscious often move side by side, like parallel lines: close to one another, yet never fully merging. Bringing together two distinct practices, the exhibition explores the coexistence of what is seen and what is felt, the external world and the inner landscape.

For Jou Lee, Parallélisme reflects the many layers of life that unfold simultaneously: memory and the present, reality and imagination, joy and loss, presence and absence. “Though these experiences may appear unrelated, together they form the complexity of a life”, she adds.

Donald Andrus approaches painting as a metaphor for idea and emotion. In Paradoxes, he juxtaposes areas of a single canvas handled in markedly different ways, a strategy he likens to a film's jump cut. "I liked that the initial reaction to any one of these works would be surprise," he says, "and that the result was all the more satisfying because of it."

The opening will take place on Friday, October 16, 2026 at 5:00 pm, in the presence of the artists.

The Jou Lee: Parallélisme + Don Andrus: Paradoxes exhibition will be on view Wednesday to Friday from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and Saturday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm until October 31, 2026. Admission is free.

This exhibition is presented as part of Pictura Triennial de peinture de Montreal, a city-wide triennial of contemporary painting. @picturamtl

This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Prince Edward Island through the Cultural Development Division of Innovation PEI.

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