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Laurent Gascon - Crédit photo :
Untitled
2024
Laurent Gascon
Born in Montréal in 1949, Gascon founded ”the Murality Squad” in 1971 which goal is to take art down to the street. He participates to Corrid’art in 1976, the exhibition of Olympic Game’s that was supposed to take place on Sherbrooke street.
During the 80’s and 90’s he explores different mediums. In 2000, he starts creating ceramics and mosaics in a very personal way in the Dominican Republic.
He makes his first mosaic mural in Montreal in 2009. His work is dedicated to the poster designer Vittorio, to the comedians Robert Gravel and Paul Buissonneau, to the rock singers Marjo and Plume, to poets and singers Raymond Lévesque, Pauline Julien and Gilles Vigneault.
Details
Category
Mural
Producer(s)
Société de promotion des arts gigantesques
Acquisition mode
Programme d'art mural (volet 1) Funded under the Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal between the Ville de Montréal and the Government of Quebec.
