JANO Gallery

06/19/2026

One Thing for Another, Rebus # 8 by Saul Sanchez on view until July 15th

Inspired by 18th‑century plates that create playful rébus puzzles
oil on canvas

One Thing for Another is a series of oil
paintings depicting assiettes parlantes—
decorative French and English plates
from the 18th century that combined
images, letters, and words to create
rébus: enigmatic puzzles inviting playful
interpretation and decoding

90 × 90 cm
(35.4 × 35.4 in)
2026

06/17/2026

One Thing for Another, Rebus # 13 "I cannot see to see" by Saul Sanchez

Inspired by 18th‑century plates that create playful rébus puzzles
oil on canvas

One Thing for Another is a series of oil
paintings depicting assiettes parlantes—
decorative French and English plates
from the 18th century that combined
images, letters, and words to create
rébus: enigmatic puzzles inviting playful
interpretation and decoding

90 × 90 cm
(35.4 × 35.4 in)
2026

06/15/2026

One Thing for Another, Rebus # 11 by Saul Sanchez
Inspired by 18th‑century plates that create playful rébus puzzles
oil on canvas
One Thing for Another is a series of oil
paintings depicting assiettes parlantes—
decorative French and English plates
from the 18th century that combined
images, letters, and words to create
rébus: enigmatic puzzles inviting playful
interpretation and decoding
90 × 90 cm
(35.4 × 35.4 in)
2026

06/13/2026

(FR) EN below
Rejoignez‑nous le samedi 13 juin à 14h pour une rencontre avec l’artiste Saul Sanchez à la Galerie JANO, en conversation avec Anne Jano.
Dans son exposition solo One Thing for Another, Sanchez revisite la tradition des assiettes parlantes en les transformant en grandes peintures où objets, énigmes et langage se superposent. Ses œuvres jouent avec la lisibilité, la traduction et les glissements de sens entre ce que l’on voit et ce que l’on comprend.
Nous explorerons les histoires derrière les assiettes, l’humour et l’ambiguïté des textes, ainsi que la manière dont ces images oscillent entre objet et image, passé et présent.

Entrée libre Galerie JANO, Montréal JanoGallery.com

EN (FR en haut) Join us Saturday, June 13 at 2 PM for an Artist Talk with Saul Sanchez at JANO Gallery, in conversation with Anne Jano.

In his solo exhibition One Thing for Another, Sanchez expands the tradition of assiettes parlantes into large‑scale oil paintings where objects, riddles, and language collide. His works play with legibility, translation, and the slippage between what is seen and what is meant.

We’ll dive into the stories behind the plates, the humor and ambiguity in the texts, and the way these images shift between object and image, past and present.
Free & open to all JANO Gallery, Montréal JanoGallery.com

06/12/2026

This Picture is a Fine Addition to Our Collection by Saul Sanchez

Inspired by 18th‑century plates that create playful rébus puzzles

Acrylic on cutted wood

This Picture is a Fine Addition to Our
Collection” is a wall piece made of
painted MDF forms that render a
sentence in Gregg shorthand, a largely
forgotten stenographic system
developed to record spoken language
quickly and discreetly. The abstract
forms read first as visual composition
before revealing the phrase: “This
picture is a fine addition to our
collection,” a statement about value and
belonging that remains partially
concealed

48 × 410 cm
(18.9 × 161.4 in)
2026

06/10/2026

Merci beaucoup 🌸🤍

Une exposition à la Galerie Jano

06/05/2026

(FR plus bas) Join us Saturday, June 13 at 2 PM for an Artist Talk with Saul Sanchez at JANO Gallery, in conversation with Anne Jano.
In his solo exhibition One Thing for Another, Sanchez expands the tradition of assiettes parlantes into large‑scale oil paintings where objects, riddles, and language collide. His works play with legibility, translation, and the slippage between what is seen and what is meant.
We’ll dive into the stories behind the plates, the humor and ambiguity in the texts, and the way these images shift between object and image, past and present.
✨ Free & open to all 📍 JANO Gallery, Montréal 🔗 JanoGallery.com

(FR)
Rejoignez‑nous le samedi 13 juin à 14h pour une rencontre avec l’artiste Saul Sanchez à la Galerie JANO, en conversation avec Anne Jano.
Dans son exposition solo One Thing for Another, Sanchez revisite la tradition des assiettes parlantes en les transformant en grandes peintures où objets, énigmes et langage se superposent. Ses œuvres jouent avec la lisibilité, la traduction et les glissements de sens entre ce que l’on voit et ce que l’on comprend.
Nous explorerons les histoires derrière les assiettes, l’humour et l’ambiguïté des textes, ainsi que la manière dont ces images oscillent entre objet et image, passé et présent.
✨ Entrée libre 📍 Galerie JANO, Montréal 🔗 JanoGallery.com

05/20/2026

EN / FR ↓ ✨ Vernissage —Thursday May 21st, 6–9 PM ✨ Saul Sanchez — One Thing for Another We’re pleased to present One Thing for Another, Saul Sanchez’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The series enlarges 19th‑century assiettes parlantes—decorative plates that paired images and words to form rebus puzzles once revealed only when the plate was turned in the hand. By shifting their scale, Sanchez blurs their role as object, image, or riddle, tracing how meaning transforms across languages, materials, and systems. A wall piece in Gregg shorthand encodes the sentence “This picture is a fine addition to our collection,” appearing and disappearing in the same gesture. Photos by Michael Patten

FR ✨ Vernissage — 21 mai, 18 h à 21 h ✨ Saul Sanchez — One Thing for Another Nous présentons One Thing for Another, la première exposition solo de Saul Sanchez à la galerie. La série agrandit des assiettes parlantes du 19e siècle—des assiettes décoratives où images et mots formaient des rébus révélés seulement en les retournant. En changeant leur échelle, Sanchez brouille leur statut d’objet, d’image ou d’énigme, et explore la manière dont le sens se déplace entre langues, matériaux et systèmes. Une œuvre murale en sténographie Gregg encode la phrase « This picture is a fine addition to our collection », apparaissant et disparaissant d’un même mouvement. Photos by Michael Patten

05/17/2026

EN / FR ↓
✨ Vernissage — May 21, 6–9 PM ✨
Saul Sanchez — One Thing for Another
We’re pleased to present One Thing for Another, Saul Sanchez’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The series enlarges 19th‑century assiettes parlantes—decorative plates that paired images and words to form rebus puzzles once revealed only when the plate was turned in the hand.
By shifting their scale, Sanchez blurs their role as object, image, or riddle, tracing how meaning transforms across languages, materials, and systems. A wall piece in Gregg shorthand encodes the sentence “This picture is a fine addition to our collection,” appearing and disappearing in the same gesture.
FR
✨ Vernissage — 21 mai, 18 h à 21 h ✨
Saul Sanchez — One Thing for Another
Nous présentons One Thing for Another, la première exposition solo de Saul Sanchez à la galerie. La série agrandit des assiettes parlantes du 19e siècle—des assiettes décoratives où images et mots formaient des rébus révélés seulement en les retournant.
En changeant leur échelle, Sanchez brouille leur statut d’objet, d’image ou d’énigme, et explore la manière dont le sens se déplace entre langues, matériaux et systèmes. Une œuvre murale en sténographie Gregg encode la phrase « This picture is a fine addition to our collection », apparaissant et disparaissant d’un même mouvement.
If you want it even tighter, more poetic, or more institutional, choose a direction: more concise, more poetic, or more formal.

05/08/2026

EN / FR ↓ ✨ Vernissage — May 21, 6–9 PM ✨ First solo exhibition at the gallery with Saul Sanchez One Thing for Another
We’re excited to present One Thing for Another, Saul Sanchez’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The series features large‑scale oil paintings inspired by 19th‑century assiettes parlantes—decorative French and English plates that combined images and words to form playful rebus puzzles. Once moving from aristocratic cabinets to everyday tables, these plates carried humor, codes, and hidden messages revealed only when turned in the hand.
By enlarging them, Sanchez blurs their purpose: plate, image, or riddle? The works explore how meaning shifts as it travels across languages, materials, and systems of communication.
The exhibition also includes a wall piece in Gregg shorthand, a nearly forgotten stenographic script. The encoded sentence—“This picture is a fine addition to our collection”—appears and disappears at once, echoing questions of value, access, and legibility.
—
✨ Vernissage — 21 mai, 18h à 21h ✨ Première exposition solo de Saul Sanchez à la galerie One Thing for Another
Nous présentons One Thing for Another, une série de peintures à l’huile grand format inspirées des assiettes parlantes du 19e siècle—des assiettes décoratives françaises et anglaises qui cachaient des rébus dans leurs images et leurs mots. Passées des vitrines aristocratiques aux tables populaires, elles révélaient leurs messages seulement lorsqu’on les retournait.
En les agrandissant, Sanchez brouille leur fonction : assiette, image ou énigme? L’exposition explore comment le sens se transforme lorsqu’il circule entre langues, matériaux et systèmes de communication.
Une œuvre murale en sténographie Gregg accompagne les tableaux, encodant la phrase : « This picture is a fine addition to our collection. »