Public Artwork
Lieu de force
Location:
Hôpital Laurentien, 234 Saint-Vincent Street, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC, J8C 2B8, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Leblanc, Pierre
Text author(s):
Miron, Gaston
Installation year:
2002
Remarks on location:
Between the CHSLD's parking lot and main entrance
Description:
Sculptural grouping consisting in four small components on which architectural motifs appear - volutes, banister, railing. Two larger components are also installed. A leafy tree and a samara are embedded, respectively, in the first one, shaped like a rectangular prism, and in the other, shaped like a column.
Text of the artwork:
Cette terre dans mes épaules, cette branche qui dans ma voix bruit, c'est déjà et encore l'hiver.
Le gris, l'agacé, le brun, le farouche, tu craques dans la beauté fantôme du froid dans les marées de bouleaux, les confréries d'épinettes, de sapins et autres compères.
Text theme:
The place: Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
Artwork theme:
Pays tribute to the larger than life men and women who imagined and built the Northern country.
Pays tribute to Gaston Miron.
Dimensions:
Height:
5.5m
Width:
4.25m
Depth:
8.53 m
Artist's biography:
Pierre Leblanc
Owner(s):
Hôpital Laurentien 
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