Production coordinator for “Mora”
(2011)
“If humans are descended from monkeys, what is descended from humans?” To find an answer to this profound question posed by physician Hubert Reeves, Besner wrote an urban legend that he commited to illustrating with 35 paintings. Passion for the project caught on quickly. More than 35 gallerists and experienced artists joined project MORA: Guy Caron (Cirque du Soleil), Danielle de Bellefeuille (Artistic director of the Grands Ballets Canadiens and the Fashion Foundation), Alain Dion (Jazz Festival, Star Académie), Martin Lord (René Dupéré, Spectacle K), and the fabulous Diane Dufresne. In total, almost 250 people are hard at work on the project.
Mora is an urban fairy tale with paintings that materialized before your eyes. In this interactive vernissage, an urban fairy tale came to life at Royal Canadian Hussars. This exhibition-event, with paintings by Dominic Besner and characters materializing from his world of MORA, will be a doorway into the imagination of this prolific, gifted artist. It was a unique, magical event embodying the over-the-top exuberance of Dominic Besner, who has exhibited from Morocco to Mexico, from Montreal to China, and whose works are prized by numerous collectors.
