La culture est comme une rivière souterraine : elle ne paraît pas toujours, mais elle donne source à l’esprit

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:11:25 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Primeau, Daniel-Jean

Artwork creator(s):

Primeau, Daniel-Jean

Text author(s):

Students of the school

Text author(s):

Public

Installation year:

1998

Remarks on location:

The work is located in the glass corridor connecting the school to the public library.

Artwork description

Source: Primeau, Daniel-Jean (2000). Adapter l'art à son environnement. (http://www.primeau.qc.ca/unpourcentF/unpourcentF.html)

Description:

The work is composed of rectangular red clay plates, which are arranged to form a wavy relief on a blue-painted wall. Seen from afar, the art work as a whole evokes a bird taking flight.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Excerpt from a book

Text theme:

Literature

Artwork theme:

Literature

Dimensions

Height:

2.51m

Width:

6.6m

Other information

Note(s):

Upon completion of the work, the school's 330 students had been invited to write a passage from a book that they had read and loved on one of the plates.

Artist's biography:

Daniel-Jean Primeau

Owner(s):

Commission scolaire des Hautes-Rivières; École élémentaire Saint-Joseph

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Clay

La culture est comme une rivière souterraine : elle ne paraît pas toujours, mais elle donne source à l’esprit

Excerpt from a book