AGQ-F0199

Fonds André Landry. – 1989-2021. – 4 cm of textual records and other records.

 

 

Biographical sketch:

 

Born in Thetford Mines (Quebec) in 1962, André Landry studied piano, graphic design and fine art. He holds a Master of Arts (Art and Education) from UQÀM.

 

Whilst studying for his Master’s degree in Fine Art at UQÀM, André Landry explored the theme of the ‘treasure object’, particularly in relation to the journey of his then partner, Alain Bouchard (1954–1994), who was living with AIDS.

 

André Landry took part in several exhibitions in the 1990s, mainly at the UQÀM Centre de diffusion des étudiants de la maîtrise en arts plastiques de l’UQÀM.

 

André Landry has been living in Paris with his partner, Yann, since 1996. They became fathers in 2010.

 

 

Scope and content:

 

The fonds bears witness to the ordeal experienced by a gay couple as they faced AIDS. It provides insight into what it was like to live with the disease in the era before triple therapy, in the early 1990s. More specifically, André Landry’s self-referential artistic approach to his partner’s illness and death bears witness to the intimacy of grief and the closeness of a couple facing death.

 

The fonds contains a master’s thesis, exhibition programs, articles, and two photographic works: « Je m’ouvre au matin comme l’éveil / Et pourtant j’ai le regard figé sur la fin » et « Comme une vague ». (Translation: ‘I open myself in the morning like awakening / And yet my gaze is fixed on the end’ and ‘Like a wave’.)

 

 

The fonds contains the following series:

 

  • AGQ-F0199/S1. Études universitaires
  • AGQ-F0199/S2. Expositions
  • AGQ-F0199/S3. Publications
  • AGQ-F0199/S4. Parcours professionnel
  • AGQ-F0199/S5. In memoriam, Alain Bouchard
  • AGQ-F0199/S6. Œuvres

 

 

Notes:

 

Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.

 

Physical description: The fonds also includes an artwork comprising six sepia-toned photographs, each measuring 27 cm × 27 cm, in plastic sleeves, and a sepia-toned photograph measuring 154.4 cm × 104.14 cm. The large-format photograph has been framed and is on display at the AGQ’s premises.

 

Immediate source of acquisition: The fonds was donated to the AGQ on 21 July 2021 by Bernard Mulaire (acquisition 2021-022).

 

Language: The records are in French.

 

Related groups of records in different fonds external to the unit being described: The AGQ-F0051 Bernard Mulaire fonds contains an article written by Mulaire on André Landry’s master’s thesis (D1), as well as a eulogy for Alain Bouchard (D2). The documents date from 1994.

 

Finding aids: Digital inventory of the fonds in Excel format.

 

 

Bibliography:

 

Mulaire, Bernard, « L’objet-trésor dans l’expérience artistique et pédagogique, Du décloisonnement : Alain Bouchard et André Landry, une œuvre commune », ESSE, arts + opinions, nᵒ 24 (Spring 1994), p. 10-15.

 

Mulaire, Bernard, « Réflexion de Bernard Mulaire sur le don d’André Landry », L’Archigai, nᵒ 24 (October 2021), p. 5.

 

 

 

 

 

            Dernière modification : 2026-04-07