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Stéphane La Rue: Painting a Whiter Shade of Pale

Galerie de l‘UQAM, Montreal Feb 22 to March 29
Stéphane La Rue En regard 2007 (foreground) and Quintette (pour Joe Maneri) 2003 (background) Courtesy Galerie de l’UQAM Photo: Guy L’heureux Stéphane La Rue En regard 2007 (foreground) and Quintette (pour Joe Maneri) 2003 (background) Courtesy Galerie de l’UQAM Photo: Guy L’heureux

Stéphane La Rue En regard 2007 (foreground) and Quintette (pour Joe Maneri) 2003 (background) Courtesy Galerie de l’UQAM Photo: Guy L’heureux

Stéphane La Rue has been a major figure on the Quebec painting scene for more than a decade. In this roundup of works from the past fifteen years, curators Louise Déry and Marie-Eve Beaupré give La Rue his due in an elegant exhibition backed up by an extensive 144-page catalogue that includes commentary by Roger Bellemare, Nathalie de Blois, Bernard Lamarche and Monique Régimbald-Zeiber. Over the years, La Rue has forged a rich and diverse body of work with the most minimal of means. Working almost exclusively in monochrome white, he takes painting back to a ground zero where its double status as object and image oscillates within a constructed field of vision. Some works are quiet and meditative; others are boldly physical and hold the wall like restless Constructivist sculptures. Either way, La Rue proves himself a master of complexity in the face of exacting restraint.

Stéphane La Rue Quintette (pour Joe Maneri) [detail] 2003

Stéphane La Rue Quintette (pour Joe Maneri) [detail] 2003 Courtesy Galerie de l’UQAM Photo: Guy L’heureux
Stéphane La Rue: Painting a Whiter Shade of Pale
This article was first published online on March 13, 2008.

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