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© Pierre Dorion; TOUTE REPRODUCTION INTERDITE / ALL REPRODUCTIONS PROHIBITED
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Institution Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
Accession Number 999.02 a-c
Discipline Fine Arts
Object Category Fine Arts
Object Sub-category Painting
Object Name painting
Object Type triptych
Quantity 1
Component Part Names panel (3)
Number of Components 3
Artist/Maker Dorion, Pierre
Title Caduta
End Date 1994
Period 4th quarter of the 20th century
Unit Linear cm
Height 244
Width 274.5
Medium oil; curtain; rod; framed velvet
Support linen
Technique painted; pierced; screwed; hung
Subject/Image portrait; abstract
Description The right panel has a red rectangular frame mounted vertically on the linen, the central panel depicts a self-portrait of Dorion looking down and leaning forward, the left panel has a drapery rod mounted at the top from which a red curtain hangs.
Narrative Caduta is from a self-portraiture series that explored the abstraction of painting through the figure, using self-portraiture merely as a motif. The artist investigated both the history of representation and the plastic constraints on reproducing a subject. The viewer comes away with an impression of emptiness, a glacial atmosphere (the cold colours used add to this sensation) and austere settings – almost deathlike. Pierre Dorion's work is profoundly melancholy. (Jocelyne Aumont, Galerie Trois Points, 1999)
Originating Continent North America
Originating Country Canada
Originating Province Quebec
Culture Canadian
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