Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - 350th Anniversary of the City of Montreal

Anniversaire

Marie-Claude Langevin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:02:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Hanganu, Dan S.

Artwork creator(s):

Hanganu, Dan S.

Text author(s):

Dollier de Casson, François

Text author(s):

Dollier de Casson, François

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Place Royale and place d'Youville

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin

Source: Vieux-Montréal (2005). Fiche d'une oeuvre d'art: Anniversaire. (http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire)

Source: Photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin

Source: Vieux-Montréal (2005). Fiche d'une oeuvre d'art: Anniversaire. (http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire)

Description:

Behind the old Customs House, a bouquet of 35 copper pipes of various sizes is planted in the ground, looking like birthday candles. Each represents one decade. In front of this bouquet, three large rectangular plates feature inscriptions about the history of Montreal. The first one features a quote by François Dollier de Casson, Superior of the Order of the Sulpicians, from the work L'Histoire du Montréal, published in 1672. On the central plate, specimens of the signatures of Native Chiefs who signed the Traité de la Grande Paix de Montréal on August 4, 1701, are engraved. The last plate features a quote by A.J. Broy and John Lesperance, from Picturesque Canada, published in 1882. The last piece of this installation is a narrow strip of glass that crosses the plaza from one end to the other. It serves as a skylight for the museum's crypt. This line includes two inscriptions: "1642", Montreal's year of foundation, and "1992", year of the 350th anniversary of its foundation.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Montreal's history

Text theme:

All components of the artwork described above are there to recall the history of Montreal and mark the anniversary of its foundation. Also, the 35 copper pipes seem to burst out of the concrete slabs as a fountain, evoking the presence of an older fountain, the remains of which are stored in the museum's crypt. Lastly, the three plates seem to be arranged in the shape of a cross, perhaps as a reminder of Maisonneuve's first cross.

Artwork theme:

Montreal's history

History

History:

The commemorative object installed on Place Royale was designed by architect Dan Hanganu on the occasion of the festivities surrounding the 350th anniversary of the city. It evokes the history of the city, especially the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701, signed at Pointe-à-Callière

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Hanganu

Owner(s):

City of Montreal

Document(s):

Vieux-Montréal-Fiche d'une oeuvre d'art: Anniversaire

Obélisque en hommage à Charles de Gaulle

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:56:38 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Debré, Olivier

Artwork creator(s):

Debré, Olivier

Text author(s):

de Gaulle, Charles

Text author(s):

de Gaulle, Charles

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

Place Charles-de-Gaulle is located at the South end of the park, alongside Sherbrooke Street.

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin

Description:

Sculpture in the shape of an obelisk, consisting of seven superimposed elements. Depending on the point of view, it offers either uniform or fragmented surfaces. A vertical blue crack runs through the whole sculpture. Two engraved bronze plates accompany the work. The first features a quote by Général de Gaulle and the other explains the context in which this donation was made.

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Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Pureté Fermeté Divinité

Artwork theme:

Tribute

History

History:

The work was inaugurated in the presence of Mr. Jean Doré, Jacques Chirac and Xavier Deniau (deputy of the Loiret Department, in France) as well as a group of Québec nationalists. During the ceremony, Félix Leclerc's song L'Hymne au printemps was played as well as Sambre et Meuse (military air). The two bronze plates were stolen and replaced. A replica of the work was supposed to be installed in Paris, near Porte Maillot, but the project never came to fruition.

Event: 350th Anniversary of the City of Montreal

Dimensions

Height:

17.6m

Width:

2.74m

Depth:

2.18 m

Other information

Document(s):

De Gaulle’s message in 1944: "Vive le Canada"

No echoes

Vive le Québec libre ! No echo of de Gaulle battle cry

Un obélisque libre

À la mémoire du Général !

Mémoire ardente

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:08:52 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Artwork creator(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Text author(s):

Boyer, Gilbert

Installation year:

1994

Artwork description

Source: Debat, Michelle (2005). Gilbert Boyer The Language of Art: For a Language in Migration. Parachute, no 120 ( nov-dec)

Source: Boyer, Gilbert (1998). Un monument errant, banni de son foyer (sur un air connu). ETC, no.42, p. 38-39

Source: Boyer Gilbert (2012). Mémoire ardente. (http://gilbertboyer.com/2012/presentation-2012/)

Description:

A granite cube dotted with holes. When viewers approach and look inside the holes, they can read names and sentences. The artwork was developed around the idea of opposites: visibility/invisibility, indoor/outdoor, public/intimate. A small stainless steel column stands next to the cube. It is a testimony to "what has happened" and features a commemorative text and a list of sponsors.

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Text of the artwork:

Incomplete

ils étaient recueillis nous avons joué ils se sont aimés vous avez chanté il a applaudi tu t’es amusé tu regardais you were visiting ils ont rêvé

Text theme:

The text evokes the city's history, its topography and celebrations

Artwork theme:

Tribute to the 350th anniversary of the City of Montreal.

History

History:

The artwork was produced as part of a public art competition on the theme of "invitation", during the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Montreal.
The work was removed in 1997

Dimensions

Height:

1.73m

Width:

1.98m

Depth:

1.98 m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Gilbert Boyer

Owner(s):

City of Montreal; Corporation des célébrations du 350e anniversaire de la fondation de Montréal

Document(s):

Mémoire ardente by Gilbert Boyer, or When Politics Penetrates Contemporary Art

Quelques éléments sur l'insituabilité de Mémoire ardente à la place Jacques-Cartier

La sculpture en quête d’un public

La sculpture publique en l'air

Gilbert Boyer

Mise en valeur de Mémoire ardente à la Promenade piétonne du Marché Bonsecours