Public Artwork
Triptyque
Location:
Pavillon Jean-Noël Desmarais, Museum of Fine Arts, 1380 Sherbrooke street West, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Goodwin, Betty
Text author(s):
Forché, Carolyn; Wiesel, Élie
Installation year:
1991
Remarks on location:
The artwork is installed in the atrium (passage Hydro-Québec). It is visible from the basement level 1 to the 3rd floor.
Description:
Giant ears with engraved text on the ground. The installation consists of a sculpture and mirrors attached to the wall, as well as inlays on the ground. Asculpted bronze ear is reflected in the angled mirrors. Two polished aluminum plates, behind which two steel pipes are installed, represent a "megaphone". The text is engraved in the ground. Both quotes are written in stainless steel and refer to "language difficulties."
Text of the artwork:
COMBIEN DE TEMPS
FAUT-IL POUR
QU’UNE VOIX
ATTEIGNE L’AUTRE ?
CHAQUE QUESTION POSSÈDE
UNE FORCE
QUE LA RÉPONSE
NE CONTIENT PLUS.
Text theme:
Language difficulties
Artwork theme:
Language difficulties
Note(s):
The first excerpt is from The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forché, Harper and Row, 1981. The second excerpt is from The Night by Elie Wiesel, Éditions de Minuit, 1958.
Artist's biography:
Betty Goodwin
Owner(s):
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Architect(s):
Lanken, Peter (architect) Document(s):
Syndicate
