Concrete

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A mixture of sand, gravel, crushed rock, or other aggregate, held together by a hardened paste of cement.

Untitled

Effets publics, Untitled, 1992Effets publics, Untitled, 1992Effets publics, Untitled, 1992
This large installation is spread over four sites: from the square in front of the building; in the lobby; above the main staircase; and in the reading rooms of the library. A spiral unifies the diffe [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Effets publics : Goulet, Rose-Marie E.; Paiement, Alain; Randy, Saharuni; Denis, Bernard; Bellavance, Guy
Installation year: 
1992

Unknown

Ten installations are disseminated throughout the area of Pointe-Saint-Charles. Six are located near Atwater Market on both sides of the avenue. The others are located in nearby parks. Text is engrave [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Creator Unknown

Le bateau ivre

Francine Simonin, Le bateau ivre, 1996Francine Simonin, Le bateau ivre, 1996
The structure of the floors lean against a huge slanted wall. Three steel shapes run the length of the four-floor high slanted wall, forming ledges and peaks. These shapes have been cut and assembled, [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Simonin, Francine
Installation year: 
1996

Monument à la Pointe

Gills Mihalcean, Monument à la pointe, 2001Gills Mihalcean, Monument à la pointe, 2001
Monument commemorating the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles and its inhabitants. It is shaped like a boat, evoking maritime transfers. Three wooden beams support a triangular element. Its three layers [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mihalcean, Gilles
Installation year: 
2001

Paix, Justice et Liberté

Armand Vaillancourt, Paix, Justice et Liberté, 1989
Steel sheets were covered with anti-war messages. They also featured a list of 32 companies in the Montreal area that may be involved in the arms trade, according to the artist. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vaillancourt, Armand
Installation year: 
1989

L’Inversion du monde

Richard Purdy, L’inversion du monde, 1989Richard Purdy, L’inversion du monde, 1989Richard Purdy, L’inversion du monde, 1989
Sculptural and environmental installation featuring a floor mosaic, a suspended sculpture and a high relief affixed to the ceiling of the rotunda. First, a polychromic mosaic on the ground represents [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Purdy, Richard
Installation year: 
1989

Arbres gourmands (Horaire, annuaires, seuils du jour)

Jean-Daniel Primeau, Arbres gourmands, 1998. © PrimeauJean-Daniel Primeau, Arbres gourmands, 1998Jean-Daniel Primeau, Arbres gourmands, 1998
The work is shaped like a sundial. A pink granite monolith featuring an engraved sentence is installed in the middle of a public place. An angled pole is held by a stem (the projected shadow follows t [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Primeau, Daniel-Jean
Installation year: 
1998

Les voyelles. « Salut Rimbaud »

Pierre Leblanc, Les voyelles, 1990
A different sculpture tops each of the columns in a colonnade. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leblanc, Pierre
Installation year: 
1990

Le temps du verbe

Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, Le temps du verbe,1997Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, Le temps du verbe,1997
A concrete wall features a series of drawers like those used in archival filing. A square plate seems to jump out of one of the drawers. Numbers 1 to 16 appear on it. A grille is superimposed onto thi [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jarnuszkiewicz, Jacek
Installation year: 
1997

Aire de jeux

Jean-Pierre Gaudreau, Aire de jeux, 1999 © Jean-François Landry
The sculpture is inserted in an aluminium box and embedded into a brick wall. The surface made of a green resin plywood and represents a playground. A median line and two goal areas mark out its borde [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Installation year: 
1999
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