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But that’s precisely the job Sylvie Lacerte was tasked with. Lacerte is the curator of , a major retrospective on the career and legacy of the trailblazing Quebec-born artist Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002). Riopelle: Crossroads in Time curator Sylvie Lacerte was chosen to put together the exhibition because she wasn’t a Riopelle specialist The exhibition was first mounted by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa last year as part of the centennial celebrations of Riopelle’s birth, and now makes its way to WAG-Qaumajuq, where it will be on view from Friday to Sept.
8. Works from his long and prolific career — much of which was spent in France — have been exhibited before, of course. A lot.
Especially in the recent past. “So, the challenge was to do something different,” Lacerte says. Curated by Sylvie Lacerte ● WAG-Qaumaju ● Opens Sunday, runs to Sept.