{"id":1439,"date":"2023-08-09T09:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devtheatresaintecatherine.local\/?page_id=1439"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:51:42","slug":"art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/art\/","title":{"rendered":"UPCOMING EXHIBITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" data-et-multi-view=\"{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&lt;h2&gt;On going artists work on display&lt;\\\/h2&gt;&quot;,&quot;phone&quot;:&quot;&lt;h2&gt;On going artists&lt;\\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;h2&gt;work on display&lt;\\\/h2&gt;&quot;},&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hover_selector&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_text&quot;}\" data-et-multi-view-load-tablet-hidden=\"true\" data-et-multi-view-load-phone-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" data-et-multi-view=\"{&quot;schema&quot;:{&quot;content&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:&quot;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exhibitions&lt;\\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\\/h1&gt;&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;:&quot;&lt;h1&gt;Art Exhibition&lt;\\\/h1&gt;&quot;},&quot;target&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hover_selector&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;et_pb_text&quot;}\" data-et-multi-view-load-tablet-hidden=\"true\"><h1><strong>Exhibitions<\/strong><\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h6 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\">May, June and July<\/h6>\n<h2>William Brayley<\/h2>\n<h6><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">From May 15 to July 31<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>RIOPELLE v. POLLOCK<\/p>\n<p>Jean Paul Riopelle and Jackson Pollock.<\/p>\n<p>Goliaths of modern art. Respectively the de<\/p>\n<p>facto leaders of the automatistes and<\/p>\n<p>abstract expressionists, two of the most<\/p>\n<p>important schools in the<\/p>\n<p>history of painting that stood to change the<\/p>\n<p>practice forever. From the cave walls of the<\/p>\n<p>pre-historic era to ancient Greece, the<\/p>\n<p>Renaissance schools of Italy and then for a<\/p>\n<p>century in Paris<\/p>\n<p>before finally landing in Montreal and New<\/p>\n<p>York City, with these two artists and their<\/p>\n<p>compatriots, the great tradition had for the<\/p>\n<p>first time found itself centered in North<\/p>\n<p>America. It was the 1950's and there was a<\/p>\n<p>yearning to break away from old ideas and<\/p>\n<p>traditional practices in all realms of culture.<\/p>\n<p>Art painters played a major role in shaping<\/p>\n<p>this new world, as they always had, by<\/p>\n<p>producing material objects that aimed to<\/p>\n<p>embody the philosophies of a post<\/p>\n<p>modern era. And while the mould for<\/p>\n<p>canonical painting had been evolving slowly<\/p>\n<p>through the generations with groups like<\/p>\n<p>the impressionists, cubists and surrealists,<\/p>\n<p>it was perhaps the automatistes and<\/p>\n<p>abstract expressionists who came along to<\/p>\n<p>shatter it once and for all. Their massive<\/p>\n<p>canvases and unorthodox techniques<\/p>\n<p>diverged from the conventions of<\/p>\n<p>traditional schools of painting entirely.<\/p>\n<p>With layer upon layer of texture and colour<\/p>\n<p>the paintings were non-<br \/>representational and void of obvious<\/p>\n<p>meaning. Instead, the works aimed to draw<\/p>\n<p>from the deep well of the subconscious to<\/p>\n<p>express raw emotion while showcasing the<\/p>\n<p>fundamental nature of paint itself. Yet<\/p>\n<p>Riopelle and Pollock took very different<\/p>\n<p>approaches to their art forms. Riopelle,<\/p>\n<p>using palette knives almost exclusively to<\/p>\n<p>create his famous mosaic-like abstracts, taking a more traditional stance in front of<\/p>\n<p>the canvas, while Pollock, standing over his<\/p>\n<p>surfaces, poured and splashed paint to<\/p>\n<p>achieve a sense of harmonious disarray in<\/p>\n<p>his renowned drip paintings. The works of<\/p>\n<p>these artists were also, perhaps, echoes of<\/p>\n<p>the medium's final evolution. The 1960's<\/p>\n<p>saw the art world explode into an era of<\/p>\n<p>popular culture fueled by mass<\/p>\n<p>reproduction and digital arts. Today, the<\/p>\n<p>new school of painting lives in the oeuvre of<\/p>\n<p>Graffiti artists whose works in many ways<\/p>\n<p>are suggestive of an age that has banished<\/p>\n<p>traditional painting to the realm of the<\/p>\n<p>decorative. At the same time, Graffiti art<\/p>\n<p>has not changed the most fundamental<\/p>\n<p>principles of painting. With Jean Paul<\/p>\n<p>Riopelle and Jackson Pollock, it was the<\/p>\n<p>first time that paintings existed simply for<\/p>\n<p>the rich colours, textures and forms of<\/p>\n<p>paint, for its unpredictable, dynamic and<\/p>\n<p>fluid nature. Where else could it go from<\/p>\n<p>there?\u00a0 These two works, \u201cTitle Card #1\u201d<\/p>\n<p>and \u201cWrestle Mania\u201d, attempt to imitate the<\/p>\n<p>painting\u00a0 techniques used by Riopelle and<\/p>\n<p>Pollock in the 1950\u2019s, one completed with<\/p>\n<p>palette knives, the other by dripping and<\/p>\n<p>pouring paint. Together they aim to<\/p>\n<p>consider whether this generation of<\/p>\n<p>painters had truly reached the final stage of<\/p>\n<p>the medium\u2019s evolution with their<\/p>\n<p>monumental compositions. And to ponder<\/p>\n<p>what the artist\u2019s themselves might say on the topic.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7282-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_7282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7282-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7282-1280x960.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7282-980x735.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_7282-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-13840\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1413","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1439","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13843,"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1439\/revisions\/13843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatresaintecatherine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}