Art Exhibit: TAPESTRY – Lorenzo Dupuis

OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, April 13th, 2:00-4:00pm.  EXHIBITION: Saturday, April 13th through Saturday, May 18th.  We hope you will join us to celebrate the opening of TAPESTRY, a solo exhibition of new egg tempera paintings by Lorenzo Dupuis.  Dupuis has focused almost exclusively on the centuries-old-medium of egg tempera for more than a decade, exploring its unique character and stylistic possibilities.  These recent paintings showcase his continuing exploration, with exciting new elements and directions.

Dupuis makes his own paint, mixing pigment with egg yolk binder in exactly the same way that artists of the early Renaissance did more that five hundred years ago.  Water-based and completely non-toxic, egg tempera is thinner and more translucent than oil.  It also dries incredibly fast and is best applied in short strokes with fine brushes, characteristics that have influenced the stylistic aesthetic of Dupuis’ work.  His surfaces are built up with many layers of interwoven strokes and hatch-marks, fields of marks that produce a flat, all-over effect.  Always evolving, these latest works infuse new elements into the mix: colour that is brighter, bolder, and more varied, as well as larger, flatly painted shapes that punctuate the smaller-scale strokes.

Art Exhibit: COMMUNITY – Selections by Lorenzo Dupuis.  April 13th through to May 18th.  It may be a myth to say that individuals make art.  Rather, in my experience, communities make art.  Throughout the ages, individuals encouraged and informed by communities made art.  The Italian Renaissance School, the French Impressionist School, the Barbizon School, the New York School, the London School and the Emma Lake School are just some of the very many communities renowned for empowering individuals to effectively express themselves visually.

THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT INC.          238 – 3rd AVENUE SOUTH          SASKATOON, SK.