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Il dit des ses tableaux : « J’aime les choses qui sont terminées. Je dis toujours “Je n’aime pas peindre, mais j’aime les peintures. »John Brown a exposé à l’international et ses œuvres font partie de collections canadiennes telles que la collection du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, la collection de la Banque Royale du Canada, la collection Claridge, la collection de la TD Canada Trust, et de la collection de la Banque de Montréal.
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Several of John Brown’s recent paintings stem from photographs of military hardware (jets, tanks, personnel carriers, etc.). His choice of subject matter is a condemnation of what he calls the “jingoistic, unthinking adulation of the military and militarism.” Brown’s paintings are scarred and striated, drawn into with the same scraping tools he has favoured since graduating art school in the 1980’s. His surfaces are forceful testaments to the artistic struggle, often taking months to build up and break down again to his satisfaction. Says Brown of his work: “I like the finished thing. I always say, ‘I don’t like painting but I like paintings.’”Brown has exhibited internationally and has been collected in Canada by, among others, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Royal Bank of Canada, Claridge, TD Canada Trust, and the Bank of Montreal. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition at Galerie Division.
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