Public Artwork
L'arbre de la connaissance
Location:
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, 10 rue de l’Espinay, Québec, QC, G1L 3L5, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Lemieux, Lisette
Text author(s):
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year:
2005
Remarks on location:
Windows in the waiting room of the emergency
Description:
Built around the presence of an architectural element embedded in the middle of a series of windows, the artwork represents the deployment of a tree. The tree spreads out horizontally into seven sections that occupy the upper windows. Two sheets of glass enclose letter-shaped cookie cutters that are distributed randomly.
Text of the artwork:
Letters
Text theme:
Knowledge
Artwork theme:
Roots, vertical positioning, the blossoming of the upper part, but also memory and traces of passing time.
Owner(s):
City of Québec
Architect(s):
Galienne, Moisan/Ramoisy, Tremblay (architects) Document(s):
Syndicate
