Public Artwork
L’Inversion du monde
/index.jpg "Richard Purdy, L’inversion du monde, 1989. © Matt Mclauchlin")
Location:
Productions Éloize (formerly the National Circus School), 417 Berri street, Montréal, QC, H2Y 3E1, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Purdy, Richard
Text author(s):
Purdy, Richard
Collaborator(s):
Hébert, François (assistant) ; Lebel, Jean (technical assistance)
Installation year:
1989
Remarks on location:
The installation is located in the lobby, under the rotunda.
Description:
Sculptural and environmental installation featuring a floor mosaic, a suspended sculpture and a high relief affixed to the ceiling of the rotunda. First, a polychromic mosaic on the ground represents a gridded map of the world, where continents are shown as aquatic masses and the oceans as continents. Second, brass words are inlaid into the mosaic - Pacifica, Atlantica, Indica, Arctica. Third, suspended to the ceiling, a mirror crescent moon reflects the image of the Earth and hides a globe in its upper section. Last, a star protruding from the rotunda completes the composition.
Text of the artwork:
Pacifica Atlantica Indica Arctica
Text theme:
The world
Artwork theme:
The art work as a whole evokes "imaginative thinking" by presenting a "world in reverse."
History:
The work was created from January to April 1989. Dimensions:
Diameter:
4.8m
Artist's biography:
Richard Purdy
Owner(s):
Productions Éloize Document(s):
Syndicate
