Public Artwork

Mille visages

Location:
At the corner of Laurier and Sainte-Dominique, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Artwork creator(s): 
Cornellier, Marie
Text author(s): 
Cornellier, Marie
Installation year: 
1996
Remarks on location: 

Parc St-Michel, on the corner of Laurier and St-Dominique. More precisely, on the Western façade of the building located at 95 Laurier Avenue.

Description: 

Painted mural on a concrete wall featuring two birds on each side of a central text. The writing varies in size. The sentence "CE SONT CES MARIAGES" is written in bigger letters than the rest.

Text of the artwork: 

Ils sont bien différents Pourtant ils se ressemblent Ce qui les unit CE SONT CES MARIAGES Tumultueuses alternances Entre leurs ombres et lumière Et ce, jusqu'à l'ultime ressemblance

History: 
The mural was developed following an initiative of the Police de la communauté urbaine de Montréal in association with Éco-quartier Mille-End in August 1996.

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