From 23 July to 23 August 2026
Loose Canine, Daniel Laflamme & Hannah Cohen
Imaginaires
Loose Canine, Venus at once sacred and profane, 2025, Acrylic on wood, 47 x 74 x 5 cm - David Laflamme, La louve a, 2024, Reclaimed paper, 40 x 130 x 180 cm - Hannah Cohen, Dragon, 2021, Ceramic, 33 x 23 x 35 cm
Loose Canine, Daniel Laflamme & Hannah Cohen
Imaginaires
Opening
Sunday July 26 at 2 p.m.
Exhibition from July 23 to August 23, 2026
Loose Canine
This set of constructed paintings is an exploration of the idea of Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, and fertility. Born from sea foam when the severed genitals of Uranus were cast into the ocean, she is a symbol of primal creation and sensual power. When interpreted through the unfolding of time, Venus becomes a poetic stand-in for life’s evolving complexity, a beacon for the aesthetic and the artistry of adaptation and blossoming of life from primordial origins.
Daniel Laflamme
The sculpture La Louve, created from reclaimed materials such as paper and cardboard, invites deep reflection on the complex relationship between humans and nature. Evoking both the ancient myth of the she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, and a personal childhood memory, the piece weaves together themes of culture, nature, and the environment. The she-wolf, majestic and protective, symbolizes the wild natural world, while the three small figures on her back—dressed in natural materials like leaves and branches—represent humanity in harmony with its surroundings.
The materials used—sourced from recycling—highlight the artist’s ecological concerns and question how we consume and care for our planet. This work invites reflection on humanity’s impact on nature and reminds us of the fragile balance between the two. The dog, a loyal companion, evokes both the simplicity of a cherished childhood and the symbolic power of the human-animal bond.
Hannah Cohen
This retrospective project will include a number of works that have used the different materials I have investigated. It will not be shown chronologically but will show the changes that have taken place over the last 28 years.
One of the principal aims of this project is to permit the viewer to enjoy the playfulness, fantasy, and imagination that emanates from this work.
Loose Canine
LooseCanine is the moniker of an artist who prefers to let the work speak louder than the person behind it. And speak it does—loud, strange, visceral. The pieces hum with energy. They orbit, collide, and refuse to sit still. They don’t behave like paintings should.
Each work starts flat — free flowing acrylic painted onto a hardboard surface — then gets cut, reshaped, repainted again and again, and rebuilt into dimensional reliefs. What begins as painting becomes sculpture, collage, assemblage. The process is physical, improvisational, and deeply present. There’s no set plan. Just momentum.
A cast of recurring figures anchors the chaos. A small dog, part trickster, part guide. A camel, both awkward and regal. And her — a central figure who’s been there all along. – Carrie Scott, curator
Daniel Laflamme
Whether featuring large wading birds, tiny hummingbirds, large mammals or small fish—and whether the human presence is explicit or implied—most of Daniel Laflamme’s works reveal a dynamic of opposition and acceptance between beings who express both their differences and their similarities in the search for a new identity: nature (the birds) and culture (the human), ecology (biodiversity) and civilization (consumption).
It is within this context—where the echoes of humanity’s origins rise, from prehistory and antiquity through to the 21st century—that Daniel Laflamme’s artistic approach finds its grounding. Here, fundamental values are stirred, revealing a society ill-adapted to the realities of climate change.
Hannah Cohen
The proposal for this retrospective exhibition demonstrates the creative art journey I have followed for the past 28 years. Initially my drawings and paintings were associated with my earlier profession, that of Speech Language Pathology. Then, followed a process of research and exploration of many different materials, particularly clay, wood and felt. I have derived great satisfaction from using and creating a variety of sculptures using these materials. Some of the works are imaginary and playful. Others are abstract and others realistic.
While planning and developing this project it has become clear that there have been numerous transitions and turns. The change and movement from anatomical to the natural world, to animal life is quite apparent.
