1941 - 1998
Canadian
Hommage à Viallat
acrylic on canvas
on verso signed, titled and dated 24/4/1983
40 x 54 in, 101.6 x 137.2 cm
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CAD
Sold for: $15,000
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection
LITERATURE
Dialogues formels - Coups de coeurs de grands collectionneurs, Musée d'art contemporain de Baie Saint-Paul, 2014, reproduced page 27
EXHIBITED
Musée d'art contemporain de Baie Saint-Paul, Dialogues formels - Coups de coeurs de grands collectionneurs, June 28 - October 13, 2014
Please note: this work is unframed.
Présentée en 2014 dans l’exposition Dialogues formels du Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, cette œuvre constitue un vibrant hommage au peintre français Claude Viallat. Comme l’expliquait Serge Lemoyne, « L'année 1983 en sera une autre de transition avec la série à la manière de..., où je rendais hommage à certains artistes qui m'avaient influencé. J'ai fabriqué des tableaux à partir d'un Borduas, d'un Viallat, d'un Noland ou d'un Jasper Johns. »
Cherchant à démocratiser l’art et à se rapprocher du public, Lemoyne crée de la peinture en direct et participe à des événements d’art engagé dans les années 1960. Sa période Bleu Blanc Rouge, qui fait référence à l'équipe de hockey les Canadiens de Montréal, est sa période la plus connue.
Shown in the 2014 exhibition Dialogues formels at the Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, this work is a vibrant homage to French painter Claude Viallat. Serge Lemoyne explained, “The year 1983 is one of transition with the series à la manière de... where I would honour certain artists I was influenced by. I created paintings based on works by Borduas, Viallat, Noland or Jasper Johns.”
Seeking to democratize art and get closer to his public, Lemoyne did live painting “happenings” and participated in various artistic events during the 1960s. His Bleu Blanc Rouge series, which refers to the Canadians Montreal hockey team, is his most famous period.
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