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The Pocket Showroom is a space dedicated to Canadian contemporary artworks. A private space open to the public in the same building as the HPG. This summer, 2017, our artist in residence is Dani Hausmann, a Montreal photographer.
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Hausmann's work shows Montreal urban landscapes through the years. Some in Griffintown, some in other places such as Redpath Sugar or the Lachine canal. Places slowly disappearing before our eyes. A lot more can be said about Hausmann's consistent work through the years and its beauty exposed and framed on a white wall. Eternally modern yet still very classic. A little like the stone walls, and street graffiti shown in his images. Staged in a very classic way that reminds us sometimes of the great masters of Impressionism. This artwork defies time. It is also an historic documentation of what is or was Montreal, our beloved city. A selection of these iconic pictures will be shown very soon in our pocket showroom open to the public. HPG is proud to help artists to create and to survive. Acquire a work of Art . The catalogue is presented on our site. Different formats are available and different framing options exist. Ask us for more information.
If you would like to be invited to the exhibition’s vernissage (we are working on it), the inauguration of the hotel’s pocket showroom, and have an opportunity to meet with the artist, please let us know and we will contact you. |
The artist book
Dani Hausmann |
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Born in Caracas, Venezuela. Schooled in Spain & Switzerland. 1964 - Emigrates to Montreal. Studies architecture at McGill University. Works for Moshe Safdie, Jean LaHaye and others. Starts private practice in interior and residential design. 1976 - Begins film work. Assistant director / production manager at the National Film Board. Casting director. 1980 - Founds Casablanca Productions, a casting agency. Collaborates on over 20 feature films with among others George Kaczender, Robin Spry, David Cronenberg, Mort Ransen and Silvio Narizzano. Later specializes in location scouting. 2002 - Is published in Spirale Magazine (#182, text by Christine Palmiéri). Invited to participate in Une Traversée de l’Imaginaire, a juried competition at the Maison de la Culture Marie–Uguay (Jean de Julio Paquin, curator). Begins Marie et Moi.
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1996 - Workshops with Serge Clément and begins first photographic series siteings. 1997 - First solo exhibition at the Eleanor London Library in Côte St. Luc. Begins Squeegee! a series of street people studies. Then Boxed, the first self-portraits. 1998 - Invited to participate in group shows at the Mois de la Photo, Galerie Mistral, Galerie Constant, Cinémathèque Québecoise. Published in Matrix (Concordia University – Terry Byrnes editor) and Geist (Vancouver). 2000 - Begins By The Red Path, self portrait tryptichs set in the abandoned 19th C industrial complex, Redpath Sugar. 2003 - Solo exhibition at the Maison de la Culture Marie–Uguay. Group exhibition at Espace Alterna_tif. Solo show at Art en Majuscule in Griffintown.
2004 - Exhibits at the theatre Usine C and is critically well received (Henry Lehmann – The Gazette Feb. 7 2004 ). 2012 - Begins Some Assembly Required. 2015 - Participates in spring, summer and fall group shows at La Castiglione. 2017 - Exhibition at l'Hôtel Particulier Griffintown pocket showroom |
