I have been to many art museums in my travels and have appreciated something different from each one of them. The art museum in Québec is no exception.
A short walk from the College, we walked to the museum as a group this week on a sunny afternoon through Battlefield Park. Although not very big, the Museum is divided in to three wings, one of which is a former women's prison which has kept and restored several of its cells to be on display. One wing is dominated by works by Jean-Paul Riopelle, well known surrealist and later abstract realist painter from Montréal who died in 2002. Although I had heard distantly about Riopelle, I had never knowingly seen his work. His most famous piece was a three part mural entitled: Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg which is a tribute to his former lover Joan Mitchell, an American painter who died in 1992.
Other highlights of the museum include Canadian painters and sculptors who were inspired by their contemporary cubist (Picasso) and nature morte (still life - Cézanne) artists in Europe.
The exhibit on Inuit art is the museum's pièce de résistance. Carvings from a diverse population of Northern Canadian artists using all matter of stone materials are masterfully displayed in a cool and well lit room.
Oui c'est bien vrai - l'art est bien vivant à Québec!
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