Public Artwork
La Montée de Saumon
Location:
École Jacques Cartier, 7 rue Louis-Jolliet, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, QC, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Desgagné, Chantale
Text author(s):
Desgagné, Chantale
Installation year:
1986
Remarks on location:
Both sides of the work are located in the Pavillon Le Goéland. The triptych is located on the North-East wall of a corridor leading to the gymnasium, and the mural is on a wall outside the gymnasium.
Description:
Mural painted on a concrete wall and a triptych consisting of a painting with bas-reliefs. The mural consists of horizontal rectangles, blue wavy forms and stylized fishes that swim along the wall. The central painting of the triptych is a thin horizontal rectangle and represents similar fishes on a blue background. The two bas-reliefs are larger than the painting and represent children next to a river, which overflows on both sides of the central painting.
Text of the artwork:
Framed between the wall and the triptych is a text by a student entitled "The Salmon".
Text theme:
Fauna
Artwork theme:
Wildlife, salmon repopulation in the Jacques-Cartier River
History:
Plexiglas boxes have been added to the painting and bas-reliefs to protect them. This decision was made by the school in 1992.
Owner(s):
Commission scolaire de la Capitale; École Jacques-Cartier 
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