View of the exhibition Underbelly by Anique Jordan presented at the MMFA as part of MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain. © Anique Jordan. Photo Michael Patten
View of the exhibition Underbelly by Anique Jordan presented at the MMFA as part of MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain. © Anique Jordan. Photo Michael Patten
The MMFA is delighted to pursue its long-standing collaboration with MOMENTA biennale d’art contemporain in presenting the work of multidisciplinary Canadian artist, writer and curator Anique Jordan.
In the exhibition Underbelly, Jordan explores history as a material shaped by visible and invisible presences. Drawing on Trinidadian carnival and the theory of hauntology, a concept popularized by French philosopher Jacques Derrida, she questions dominant narratives by highlighting the lingering “ghosts” of past ideologies and injustices that continue to inform the world today.
She reimagines history as a fluid structure, weaving fictional elements into archival fragments that serve as springboards for a speculative and unprecedented vision of the future. Between shadow and light, Jordan invites reflection on memory and the visibility of Black bodies within both colonial and contemporary space.
About the artist
Anique Jordan is a Canadian artist, curator and writer who works in photography, sculpture and performance. In her practice, she forms a dialogue with her Trinidadian culture and presents a non-linear reading of history in which the past, present and future meet.
Anique Jordan. Photo Stanley Collins
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Photo Thibault Carron
Credits and curatorial team
An exhibition presented as part of the 19th edition of MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain, titled “In Praise of the Missing Image.” It is produced in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
The exhibition is curated by Marie-Ann Yemsi, curator of the 19th edition of MOMENTA. Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre, Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today), is responsible for the MMFA presentation.
Public Partners
Anique Jordan. Photo Stanley Collins
Photo Thibault Carron
