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Symbols of the Cuneiforms

Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960
This artwork is a delicate metal bas-relief with plexiglas inserts. The white sections light up at night. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Thomas, Lionel; Thomas, Patricia; Lachnit, F.
Installation year: 
1960

All Our Knowledge Has its Origins in Our Perceptions

Brian Baxter & Makian Olynyk, All Our Knowledge Has Its Origins In Our PerceptioBrian Baxter & Makian Olynyk, All Our Knowledge Has Its Origins In Our PerceptioBrian Baxter & Makian Olynyk, All Our Knowledge Has Its Origins In Our Perceptio
Abstract mural made of three circles and several geometric forms. A quote from Leonardo da Vinci appears at the top. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Baxter, Brain; Olynyk, Markian
Installation year: 
1995

THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE

Ron Terada, THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE, 2010Ron Terada, THE WORDS DON'T FIT THE PICTURE, 2010
The work takes the form of a large freestanding sign that sits in front of the library, just off the southern entrance of the building, by heavy pedestrian traffic. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
2010

Arboreus, after Rodchenko

Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Arboreus, after Rodchenko, 2008Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Arboreus, after Rodchenko, 2008Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Arboreus, after Rodchenko, 2008Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Arboreus, after Rodchenko, 2008
A 43’ high glass and glulam installation marks a public plaza and is visible from the library and all approaches. The glass has an abstracted, lifesize image of a cedar tree. Framed by this sculpture, [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy
Installation year: 
2008

Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS

Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009Julie Faubert, Apparaître/disparaître : LES MOTS, 2009
Art intervention with light. Words with the dates on which they appeared or disappeared from the dictionary are mounted onto people. Words in red have been lost; words in blue were new additions& [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Faubert, Julie
Installation year: 
2009

I Said No

Ken Lum, I Said No, 2010Ken Lum, I Said No, 2010Ken Lum, I Said No, 2010
Bay window displaying different ways of saying "no". [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lum, Ken
Installation year: 
2010

À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut bien voir

Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut Annie Pelletier, À peine vient-elle de naître que déjà elle raconte à qui veut
Five sentences, seemingly handwritten, cross the wall, cling to it, lift away and then fly off. The sentences are repeated several times. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Pelletier, Annie
Installation year: 
2007

The Metal Drummer and the Walldog

Hadley & Maxwell, The Metal Drummer and the Walldog, 2009
Artwork creator(s): 
Howes, Hadley; Stevens, Maxwell (Hadley+Maxwell)
Installation year: 
2009

Palimpsest

Nicole Dextras, Palimpsest, 2006Nicole Dextras, Palimpsest, 2006
Block of ice with text, frozen onto trees [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2006

In Flux

Nicole Dextras, In flux, 2006Nicole Dextras, In flux, 2006
Block of ice with text [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2006
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