2023 | PIERRE DORION

Pierre Dorion
MONTRÉAL
Sept 15 - Nov 4, 2023

Blouin Division is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Pierre Dorion. In Dorion's recent paintings, one finds the technical virtuosity the artist is known for in compositions where photography and painting are in dialogue, oscillating between abstraction and figuration.

The works presented are based on photographs captured by the artist in Mexico City. The formal language of architect Luis Barragán, whose aesthetic combines vernacular and modern style, is recognizable therein. Dorion’s paintings are imbued with the vivid colours and minimal lines of the mythical places they represent, revealed in fragments (the Casa Gilardi and the Hotel Camino Real, among others).

Around the corner of a wall, a small exhibition space showcases an entirely different type of architectural reference. The ancient monuments depicted in the Porta Latina paintings coexist with their contemporary setting, paved in asphalt and electrified. The past and present intersect in the compositions, as they do in the exhibition space itself where the 1993 and 2022 iterations of the same painted scene hang face to face.