Galerie Simon Blais invites you to the book launch of Jean-Paul Jérôme, Géomètre de la couleur, published by Presses de l'Université de Montréal, on Saturday, September 21 from 2 to 5 pm.
Presentation
Co-signatory in 1955 of the Manifeste des Plasticiens, Jean-Paul Jérôme rose to prominence early in his career, as the emergence of the Plasticiens movement heralded an aesthetic trend that would dominate the Canadian artistic landscape for many years to come.
Gilles Lapointe and Gilles Daigneault, specialists in Quebec's artistic modernity, combine their readings to demonstrate the coherence of Jean-Paul Jérôme's career in a reference work that highlights the painter's exceptional contribution as an undisputed master of abstraction. They reassess his entire output - drawings, paintings and sculptures - and place it within the historical and intellectual framework of his era. Evoking his years of study at the École des beaux-arts, his effervescent sojourn in Paris followed by a disenchanted return to Quebec, his encounter with the Plasticiens Belzile, Jauran and Toupin, as well as his teaching experience, they follow step by step his inventive exploration of the power of color, which unfolds across the decades and several pictorial languages. By presenting the key works of the painter - who chose to stay away from the art market in order to remain faithful to his inner truth - they give access to an in-depth knowledge of a vast and complex body of work that occupies a privileged place in the history of Quebec art. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
