Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Galerie de l'UQAM / ABC Art Books Canada (2008), Edition: First Edition, 144 pages
Language
Original language
French
Physical description
144 p.
ISBN
2920325205 / 9782920325203
Call number
MON.ZZZ.LRS.08
Library's review
Stephane La Rue has been a major figure on the Canadian painting scene for more than a decade. This first monograph covers the last several years of work and is backed up by extensive commentary from a wide range of sources, including critics, acadamics and gallery owners. Over the years, La Rue
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has forged a rich and diverse body of work with the most minimal of means. Working almost exclusively in monochrome white, he takes painting back to a ground zero where its double status as object and image oscillates within a constructed field of vision. Some works are quiet and meditative; others are boldly physical and hold the wall like Constructivist sculptures. Either way, La Rue proves himself a master of complexity in the face of exacting restraint. Show Less
Pages
144