Archive for February, 2008

Georges Seurat

February 14, 2008

Georges Seurat: The Drawings (M Seura .S4 A4 2007)

From MoMA’s website: 

“Accompanying the first exhibition in almost twenty-five years to focus exclusively on Seurat’s drawings, this volume surveys the artist’s entire oeuvre—from his academic training and the emergence of his unique methods to the studies made for his monumental canvases. Distinguished writers present important new research on Seurat’s artistic strategies, materials, and themes. Includes 185 color illustrations.”

“Once described as “the most beautiful painter’s drawings in existence,” Georges Seurat’s mysterious and radiant works on paper played a crucial role in his career. Though Seurat is most often remembered as the inventor of pointillism and for paintings like Un Dimanche à la Grande Jatte, his incomparable drawings are among his—and modernism’s—greatest achievements. Working primarily with conté crayon on paper, Seurat explored the Parisian metropolis and its environs, abstracted figures, spaces, and structures, and dramatized the relationship between light and shadow, creating a distinct body of work that is a touchstone for art of the twentieth century and today. “

Sophie Jodoin

February 14, 2008

Two catalogs from past Visiting Artist Sophie Jodoin.

“Born in Montreal in 1965, Sophie Jodoin received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Concordia University in 1988 and then studied anatomy at the New York Academy of Art. Sophie was one of the few artists selected to represent Montreal for “Made in Canada: Contemporary Art in Montreal”, an exhibition at the Plattsburgh State University Museum in New York.

On her own paintings, Sophie Jodoin comments:

“I’m interested in more emotional moods, atmospheres, so these large standing figures are of people I know. We all feel vulnerable and fragile. We’re basically alone. No matter what, you have to be strong to face whatever- living, loving, working- everything.”

Sophie’s paintings have been widely exhibited across Canada, the United States and Europe in both group and solo shows. Her work can be found in both private and public collections throughout North America and Europe. Sophie Jodoin currently resides and works in the Montreal area.
Sophie Jodoin 

(M Jodoi .J585 A4 2000)
Essay by Dario De Facendis
Exhibition Catalogue:  Bellefeuille Gallery, November 4 – 16, 2000
Text in both English and French
56 pages, 35 colour reproductions

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Sophie Jodoin–Drawing Shadows: portraits of my mother

(M Jodoi .J585 A4 2004)
Essay by Bernard Lamarche
Text in both English and Frenc
48 pages, 13 colour reproductions

Pafa Visiting Artist Lectures on DVD

February 1, 2008

All the Visiting Artist lectures from Fall 2007 are now on DVD and can be checked out from the Library.

Artists include:
Scott Rigby, Anthony Campuzano, Braco Dimitrijevic,
Isidro Blasco, Amy Wilson, Rebecca Saylor Sack, Sophie Jodoin, Steve Powers

Steve PowersSophie JodoinRebecca Saylor SackAmy Wilson