Multiple artists

Joan Mitchell and her Contemporary fellow artists
Sept. 14, 2024 to Oct. 26, 2024

Galerie Simon Blais is pleased to present an exhibition featuring six large-format lithographs by Joan Mitchell, created between 1981 and 1992, alongside about twenty works by other artists emblematic of the second half of the 20th century.

Joan Mitchell, a member of the second generation of Abstract Expressionism, retained a preference for large formats, oil on canvas, and the importance of the painterly gesture. She explores themes related to nature and the landscape, remembered and transformed with an energetic approach to painting. This "abstract landscape" style is relatively rare in the United States, apart from Sam Francis, with whom she forged a friendship in 1955 in the French capital. It was during a visit to join Sam Francis and Norman Bluhm at a café in Saint-Germain-des-Prés that she met Jean-Paul Riopelle, who would become her companion until 1979.

In parallel, the presence of prints by Ann Hamilton, made using pieces of silk organza, introduces a poetic and textural dimension that offers a unique perspective on the relationship between language, space, and abstraction.

Richard Serra, with his imposing sculptures and relief works, which differ greatly from Mitchell's paintings, stands out for his more material and monumental approach to abstraction.

To complete this exploration, two engravings by Damien Hirst from his series The Last Supper are also presented. These works, although stylistically distinct, enrich the exhibition's narrative by introducing a reflection on representation and repetition, important characteristics in Hirst's work.

Additionally, large-format works by Canadian painters such as Jean-Paul Riopelle, Denis Juneau, Suzanne Meloche, and the French artist Olivier Debré are included in this group.

Works related to this exhibition

Joan Mitchell

Trees III

Lithograph on paper
1992
144 x 209 cm (56,69 x 82,28 in)
Price available on request

Joan Mitchell

Champs (or Fields)

Lithograph on paper
1990
150 x 100 cm (59 x 39,5 po)
Price available on request

Joan Mitchell

Sunflowers V

Lithograph on paper
1992
144,78 x 104,14 cm (57 x 41 in)
Price available on request

Joan Mitchell

Flower III, Bedford Series

Lithograph on paper
1981
108,2 x 82,6 cm (43 x 32,75 po)
Price available on request

Joan Mitchell

Sides of a River II, Bedford Series

Lithograph on paper
1981
109 x 83 cm (43 x 32,75 po)
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Joan Mitchell

Flower I, Bedford Series

Lithograph on paper
1981
109 x 83 cm (43 x 32,75 po)
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Jean Paul Riopelle

Automne

Lithograph on paper
1969
116 x 151 cm (45,5 x 59,5 po)
Price available on request

Sam Francis

King Corpse

Silkscreen on paper
1986
107 x 150 cm (42 x 59 po)

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Damien Hirst

Dumpling (From The Last Supper)

Silkscreen on paper
1999
153,5 x 101,5 cm (60,5 x 40 po)
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Olivier Debré

Sans titre (Composition rose)

Lithograph on paper
V. 1986-88
120 x 160,5 cm (47,24 x 63,19 in)
Price available on request

Ann Hamilton

Warp & weft III

Lithograph
2007
104,14 x 238,76 cm (41 x 94 in)
Price available on request

Antoni Tàpies

Portail

Carborundum and etching on paper
1983
121 x 80 cm (47,75 x 31,5 po)
Price available on request

Yves Gaucher

Square Dance: Blues for Green

Acrylic on canvas
1964
101,6 x 101,6 cm (40 x 40 po)
Price available on request

Cy Twombly

Natural History, Part 1, Mushrooms, No. X

Lithograph, collotype, collage, and handcoloring on handmade Rives Couronne rag paper
1974
75,6 x 55,7 cm (30 x 22 po)
Price available on request

Denis Juneau

Composition spatiale avec traits noirs

Oil on masonite
1961
122 x 122 cm (48 x 48 po)
Price available on request

Richard Serra

Mandela

Etching on paper
2012
237,5 x 151,1 cm (93,5 x 59,5 po)
Price available on request

David Nash

Magenta

Soft pastel on paper
2017
74 x 102 cm (29 x 40 po)
Price available on request

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