Originals Archives - Mathieu Laca

Painting for Ukraine

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Ukrainian Resistance, oil on linen, 53″X72″, 2022. Photo: Guy L’Heureux Painting for Ukraine 🇺🇦My view of Russia’s war in Ukraine depicted in a painting. Because… I just couldn’t do nothing.

Martin Luther King Jr. – An Antidote for Hate

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Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King (diptych), oil on linen, 60″ X 144″, 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. – An Antidote for HateThis week, I found myself asking myself: if art had an antidote for hate, what would it be? As always, I thought of Martin Luther King Jr.

Paintings of Jacques Derrida and a fictional cat - staring at each other eternally

The Animal That Therefore I Am: Jacques Derrida and His Cat

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Jacques Derrida, oil on linen, 24X20″, 2017 | Cat, oil on linen, 24X20″, 2017 The Animal That Therefore I Am: Jacques Derrida and His CatWe are who we think we are. But we are also who other people think we are.

A painting of Marc Séguin paired with an abstract painting representing his style

“Dear Painters”: My Love Letter to Quebec Artists

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Marc Séguin, oil on linen, 16×32″, 2018 “Dear Painters”: My Love Letter to Quebec ArtistsThe story behind a 2018 series I painted in tribute to the Quebec artists who shaped me – Marc Séguin, Charles Daudelin (sculptor), Betty Goodwin, Marcel Barbeau, and more.

Meeting a pantheon of the greatest painters in Francis Bacon's studio.

7 Reece Mews: Meeting a Pantheon of Painters in Francis Bacon’s Studio

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7 Reece Mews (Cézanne, Francis Bacon, Giacometti and Rembrandt), oil on linen, 67”X91”, 2017 7 Reece Mews: A Mystical Meeting of Painters in Francis Bacon’s StudioIn this transcendent scene, I visit Francis Bacon’s studio to look in on an imagined meeting between a pantheon of familiar faces.

Nietzsche's madness crisis when meeting a horse depicted in painting.

The Turin Horse – Did Empathy Drive Nietzsche to Madness?

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The Turin Horse, oil on linen, 67″X60″, 2018 The Turin Horse – Did Empathy Drive Nietzsche to Madness?In this painting, I depicted The Turin Horse in a somber scene that questions the effects empathy had on the psyche of Friedrich Nietzsche.

The ultimate portrait of the Quebecois writer Michel Tremblay with a tender gaze.

Michel Tremblay – A Look of Implacable Tenderness

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Michel Tremblay, oil on linen, 46X46 inches, 2018, private collection. Michel Tremblay – A Look of Implacable TendernessVisually Michel Tremblay can only be presented frontally, without detour. There is no ambiguity in him, no enigmatic shadow, no artifice.

Frida Kahlo, a wildly strong and free woman artist painted in soft tones.

Frida Kahlo: Painting Nightmares, Vulnerability, and Strength

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Frida Kahlo, oil on linen, 36X30 inches, 2016, private collection. Frida Kahlo: Painting Nightmares, Vulnerability, and StrengthI painted her skin in grey tones, swept up by wild winds. I contrasted the solemnity of Greek statues with her image of Mexican exuberance.

Samuel Beckett III, oil on linen, 38X23 inches, 2017

Samuel Beckett: A Wild Bird

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Samuel Beckett III, oil on linen, 38X23 inches, 2017 Samuel Beckett: A Wild BirdPainting portraits of artists is an opportunity for me to integrate the subtleties of their work, which is something I love doing.

Nicolas de Staël, oil on linen, 135cm X 183cm, 2013

Nicolas de Staël: Somewhere Between Abstraction and Figuration

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Nicolas de Staël, oil on linen, 135cm X 183cm, 2013 [2013 Throwback] Nicolas de Staël: Somewhere Between Abstraction and FigurationMy love affair with painting began when I was a teen reading the books of Albert Camus in the Folio Gallimard edition.

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