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Join us on the upstairs Casa Patio from 9-10pm for a Keeping it Reel art documentary film screening, presented by The Gallery at Casa!

Charcoal and Clay: Jean Pierre Larocque (Directed by Bruno Boulianne, 52m, 2019)

After spending 15 years in...

Join us on the upstairs Casa Patio from 9-10pm for a Keeping it Reel art documentary film screening, presented by The Gallery at Casa!

Charcoal and Clay: Jean Pierre Larocque (Directed by Bruno Boulianne, 52m, 2019)

After spending 15 years in artistic and academic explorations at different American schools and universities, painter and ceramicist Jean-Pierre Larocque returned to Montreal at the turn of the 2000s. In this portrait film, Larocque opens his studio to viewers. Using charcoal “reluctantly” and grinding away slate like so many layers of skin, he is a creator of unfathomable sensitivity who shapes intriguing, enchanting works that play on time and eras while reminding us of our own human ghosts. In this portrait film, artist Jean-Pierre Larocque opens the doors of his workshops to us. Working “backwards” with charcoal and pressing clay like so many layers of skin, we discover an artist of unfathomable sensitivity, producing intriguing, enchanting works that toy with time and eras while reminding us of our own phantoms of humanity.