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Presentation of the work:<\/h2>\n

Petits spectres VI<\/em>, 2022,
\nAcrylic paint on canvas
\nAcrylic and ink on canvas, 91.4 x 76.2 cm
\nEstimated value $8,900<\/h3>\n

Presentation of the artist:<\/h2>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Lacasse lives and works in Montreal, where he has been developing a rigorous and evolving painting practice since 1992. His approach initially focused on issues related to the image, exploring the tension between the visible and the legible through processes of fragmentation and layering. This early work, centered on the withdrawal of the image, questioned vision as an activity and reading as an experience.<\/p>\n

Around the early 2000s, his attention shifted to the physical qualities of materials, with a strong interest in color and its behavior. The varying consistencies of colored liquid, the gestures of application, and the effects of gravity began to structure his paintings. Around 2010, the introduction of oil paint allowed for the development of new protocols, where imprinting techniques and the precision of drawing played a central role. Since 2014, he has returned to acrylic, encouraging flows and random reactions between pigments and fluids. This recent work gives greater space to chance and material phenomena, revealing a poetics of fluid mechanics.<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Lacasse holds a Master\u2019s degree in Visual Arts from the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, where he taught from 2001 to 2016. An active member of Galerie B-312 since 1992, he served as assistant director and then co-director between 1998 and 2001. His work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions at Galerie Ren\u00e9 Blouin (Montreal) since the early 2000s, as well as in group and duo exhibitions, notably at the Mus\u00e9e national des beaux-arts du Qu\u00e9bec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Mus\u00e9e r\u00e9gional de Rimouski, and more recently at the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain des Laurentides in Saint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al dedicated a survey exhibition to his work, covering ten years of research. In 2009, the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art de Joliette presented Les d\u00e9versements<\/em>, a retrospective exhibition that later toured to Halifax (Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery), Kingston (Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen\u2019s University), and Calgary (Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design). He is currently represented by Galerie Blouin\/Division.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.blouin-division.com\/fr\/artists\/francois-lacasse<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The artiste and Plein sud:<\/h2>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Lacasse presented the exhibition De quelques humeurs<\/em> at Plein sud from May 22 to June 17, 2001, accompanied by a publication in the form of a folded brochure.<\/p>\n

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