Le Devoir

Jan-Francois Nadeau

June 13 2017

Adam Miller, a young oregon painter living in New York, has just produced, at the request of a Montreal patron, a gigantic neo-realist fresco in which he interprets, in the academic way of the nineteenth century, the history of Quebec. With characters suspended in the light, between heaven and earth, the painter presents a vision of the political history of this country that his sponsor cherishes.

Businessman Salvatore Guerrera, president and founder of SAJO, an entrepreneur based in Mount Royal, commissioned the work. It is expected to be presented in several Canadian cities "to spark dialogue", but the details of this tour remain unknown for the moment.

The huge 2.75-metre by 3-metre mural was shown for the first time in New York last weekend. It will be presented in Montreal this fall. Since 2012, when salvatore Guerrera wanted to have a work of this kind realized, Salvatore Guerrera has dreamed of seeing it adorn a wall of a public institution, ideally the National Assembly. "It is certain that this would be ideal for us, but the National Assembly is not certain yet."


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