(Montreal) A monumental mural in homage to the artist Jean Paul Riopelle, born 100 years ago, was inaugurated Tuesday evening in Montreal.
Posted at 12:18 p.m.
The mural, signed by painter Marc Séguin, was produced in collaboration with the organization MU, which has already embellished 200 walls in Montreal over the past 15 years.
Title magnetic artthe work of more than 836 square meters and 48 meters in height adorns the wall of 625 Milton, at the corner of University Street, in the Milton Parc district, in the heart of the “McGill ghetto”, in the native district of Riopelle, the Plateau Mont-Royal.
Séguin takes up in particular the emblematic goose of Riopelle, which the painter born in Montreal, but died in L’Isle-aux-Grues, often integrated into his work, in particular in stencil. The bird flies over a sphere evoking a setting sun.
The mural is the first legacy that the Riopelle Foundation, with the contribution of its partners, wishes to leave during the festivities surrounding the 100e birthday of the famous Quebec painter. It is also the tribute of the series The cultural builders of Montreal, with monumental murals already honoring, at the bend of the streets, Leonard Cohen, Alanis Obomsawin, Michel Tremblay, Miyuki Tanobe, Yvon Deschamps or Clémence Desrochers.
Jean Paul Riopelle, born October 7, 1923 in Montreal, died March 12, 2002. The painter, engraver and sculptor, a prominent figure in the Automatiste movement in Quebec, was one of the co-signatories of the manifesto Global denial.
Marc Séguin was chosen following a competition; the jury was chaired by Yseult Riopelle, the artist’s daughter.
“Marc Séguin, a student who in turn became a master, then an apprentice muralist with a new generation of young artists from MU, offers Montreal a legacy to Riopelle, through an original and resolutely contemporary work,” says Elizabeth-Ann Doyle, director general and artistic of MU.