The Looking for Cognition

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:07:52 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Robinson, Michael

Artwork creator(s):

Robinson, Michael

Text author(s):

Robinson, Michael

Text author(s):

Robinson, Michael

Installation year:

1993

Artwork description

Source: Lessard, Denis (1994). Ex-Site, le lieu retourné sur lui-même. Espace. no.27

Description:

Cement slabs were arranged around a central excavation surrounded by a rope and flanking the mound of earth removed to this end. Two gravel arches framed this "garden". Fragmented words were written on the slabs. The artist marked the site of former Guest Motors garage with concrete words and scattered a few objects/clues.

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Text of the artwork:

ORDRE STABILITÉ PROCÉDURE

History

History:

Eleven artists were invited to take over six city sites to create in situ works. Axe NEO-7 looked for places that had been forgotten or neglected in the town of Hull. A tour bus allowed visitors to enjoy the works in the company of artists and curators. Artists invited by Gallery 101 occupied Victoria Island and Richmond landing in Ottawa.

Event : Projet Ex-Site

Event date(s):

1993

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Document(s):

Ex-Site, le lieu retourné sur lui-même

Le passé, le présent et le futur. La mort, l’espace, la liberté

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:45:21 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Bonet, Jordi

Artwork creator(s):

Bonet, Jordi

Text author(s):

Péloquin, Claude

Text author(s):

Péloquin, Claude

Installation year:

1969

Artwork description

Source: Photothèque of the newpaper Le SOLEIL (2004)

Description:

Monumental mural triptych.

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Text of the artwork:

Vous êtes pas écœurés de mourir bande de caves, c'est assez!

Text theme:

"A cry of love launched into the world", Claude Péloquin

Artwork theme:

Past, present and future, i.e. death, space and freedom.

History

History:

During the winter of 1969, sculptor Jordi Bonet paints the great mural of the Grand Théâtre de Québec. According to the architect Victor Prus, who designed the building, "it is,one of the first times in the history of contemporary art that visual arts are fully integrated into architecture."

Fueled by this desire for integration, the sculptor began a process to complete the thematic unity between the artwork and the function of the building. Jordi Bonet and his assistants improvised a way to give life to matter, without first making a model. "A cry of love launched into the world", says poet Claude Peloquin, to whom we owe the controversial texts written on the wall.

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Artist's biography:

Jordi Bonet

Author's biography:

Claude Péloquin

Architect(s):

Prus, Victor

Document(s):

50 ans d'intégration à l'architecture

La murale de Jordi Bonet: une relecture

Mort, espace, liberté: la murale du Grand théâtre de Québec, une oeuvre de Jordi Bonet

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Cement

The Looking for Cognition

Le passé, le présent et le futur. La mort, l’espace, la liberté