Exhibition looks at the later, Indigenous-influenced work of Quebec's Riopelle
Vancouver Sun | November 16, 2021
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“The exhibit marks a high-water moment for the Museum In terms of the design quality as well. We were in construction for about a month setting up the show.” — Audain curator Dr. Curtis Collins
When: Until Feb. 21, 2022
Where: Audain Art Museum, 4350 Blackcomb Way, Whistler
Info: audainartmuseum.com
During the 1950s and 1960s, Jean-Paul Riopelle came to the forefront of the leading Western artists of the post-World War II cultural avant-garde. But there was more to the Quebec artist than his milestone early works, as a major exhibition shows.
“This show marks a shift in his work,” said Audain curator Dr. Curtis Collins. “Most people are familiar with his work from the 50s and 60s, these large paintings in an all-over mosaic style that he created with a palette knife and a frenzy of energy.” That work, he says, is often compared to that of Jackson Pollock’s. “The work from the 70s, and perhaps the most impressive part of the show, are renderings of icebergs and Northern Quebec and Nunavit in black-and-white.”
