Rating: 4 stars
Cover synopsis: Exhibition September 17 - October 23, 2009. The Prat essay is in French and English; the Riopelle essay is only in French. 4to, pictorial paper-covered boards. 69 pp, 11 color plates + 9 text photographs and portraits, chronology
I saw a painting of Riopelle's in a book, and I've been dying to learn more. He was a lesser-known Canadian abstract expressionism artist whose colors, movement and sense of nature fascinate me. I could stare at "Forestine" all day. Seriously.
Some other favorites: Festin, Le Lac du Nord-Est, Quinze Chevaux Citroen, Untitled 1964, and Dark Background With White Squares.
The only reason I give this book 4 stars instead of 5 is that one of the essays is entirely in French -- with no English translation. I'd love to know what it says. But as far as the artwork goes, 5 stars! Someday I'll have to visit the Pierre Matisse Gallery in NYC and see his work firsthand.
