{"id":90257,"date":"2025-04-22T17:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:24:14","slug":"david-garneau-lancement-du-livre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/","title":{"rendered":"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;108183&#8243;]May 10 at 2 pm<br \/>\nBook launch for <em>Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau.<\/em><br \/>\nIn the presence of artists David Garneau and Hannah Claus<br \/>\nEvent in English<\/p>\n<p>Art M\u00fbr<br \/>\n5825 St-Hubert<br \/>\nMontreal, QC<\/p>\n<p>Dark Chapters brings together 63 full colour still life paintings with aesthetic\/personal\/political responses from some of Canada\u2019s finest poets, artists, curators, and fiction writers (among them Fred Wah, Paul Seesequasis, Jesse Wente, Lillian Allen, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Larissa Lai, and Susan Musgrave). Garneau\u2019s still life series \u201cDark Chapters\u201d (a nod to the Reports of Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in which Justice Murray Sinclair describes the residential school system as \u201cone of the darkest, most troubling chapters in our nation\u2019s history\u201d) combine common objects (books, bones, teacups, mirrors) and less familiar ones (a M\u00e9tis sash, a stone hammer, a braid of sweetgrass) to reflect the complexity of contemporary Indigenous experiences in a form of painting, the still life, which was historically considered one of the lowest forms of painting. David Garneau has written about how Indigenous art isn\u2019t written about with critical care, often characterized as work to champion and\/or make space for, and feels that some of the best writing in recent years on Indigenous art has been found in catalogues. These observations and a desire for depth in art discourse inspired him to devise a responsive form that allows engagement with his paintings on their own terms. This book features accessible, searching, and revelatory responses that touch on decolonization, allyship, representation, history, and how these ideas speak in art, in Garneau\u2019s paintings, and in the responding artist\u2019s engagement with their contemporaries and their time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;90255&#8243; caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;117916&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;108183&#8243;]May 10 at 2 pm Book launch for Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Garneau : Book Launch 2025 | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025 | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;108183&#8243;]May 10 at 2 pm Book launch for Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau. In [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bacabiennale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T21:42:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T00:24:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023-763x1024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"763\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Patten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Patten\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mike Patten\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/115b6be02025ee3ab333f9a67d5c07ae\"},\"headline\":\"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-22T21:42:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T00:24:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/\",\"name\":\"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025 | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-22T21:42:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T00:24:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":2062,\"caption\":\"David Garneau\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone\",\"description\":\"Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA)\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BACA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/BACA.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/BACA.png\",\"width\":220,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"BACA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/bacabiennale\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/bacabiennale\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/bacabiennale.bsky.social\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.baca.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/115b6be02025ee3ab333f9a67d5c07ae\",\"name\":\"Mike Patten\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f7c8131429ee4b963988d8afd2c0365781ec59cc3d65fee9c4cf8b07ab2be240?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f7c8131429ee4b963988d8afd2c0365781ec59cc3d65fee9c4cf8b07ab2be240?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f7c8131429ee4b963988d8afd2c0365781ec59cc3d65fee9c4cf8b07ab2be240?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mike Patten\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025 | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025 | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;108183&#8243;]May 10 at 2 pm Book launch for Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau. In [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/","og_site_name":"La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bacabiennale\/","article_published_time":"2025-04-22T21:42:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-06T00:24:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":763,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023-763x1024.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mike Patten","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mike Patten","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/"},"author":{"name":"Mike Patten","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/115b6be02025ee3ab333f9a67d5c07ae"},"headline":"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025","datePublished":"2025-04-22T21:42:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T00:24:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/"},"wordCount":319,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/","url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/","name":"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025 | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-22T21:42:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T00:24:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/David-Garneau-Desire-for-an-After-Life-2023.jpg","width":1536,"height":2062,"caption":"David Garneau"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/david-garneau-lancement-du-livre\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"David Garneau : Book Launch 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/","name":"La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","description":"Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA)","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#organization","name":"BACA","url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BACA.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/BACA.png","width":220,"height":50,"caption":"BACA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bacabiennale\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bacabiennale","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bacabiennale.bsky.social"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/115b6be02025ee3ab333f9a67d5c07ae","name":"Mike Patten","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7c8131429ee4b963988d8afd2c0365781ec59cc3d65fee9c4cf8b07ab2be240?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7c8131429ee4b963988d8afd2c0365781ec59cc3d65fee9c4cf8b07ab2be240?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f7c8131429ee4b963988d8afd2c0365781ec59cc3d65fee9c4cf8b07ab2be240?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mike Patten"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90717,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90257\/revisions\/90717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}