Metal

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Any of a large group of substances that typically show a characteristic luster, are good conductors of electricity and heat, are opaque, can be fused, and are usually malleable or ductile.

Le Jardin secret

Francine Larivée, Le jardin secret, 2000Francine Larivée, Le jardin secret, 2000
Sculptural installation looking like a huge filing cabinet with a cover and 64 drawers that can opened, based on the Yi-King. Divided into two numerically equivalent series and installed over eight ro [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Larivée, Francine
Installation year: 
2000

Monument au poète inconnu

Érik Koch, Monument au poète inconnu,1994
The artwork consists of a granite monolith anchored to the ground and of a metal structure. This structure, which is attached to the top of the monolith, is composed of seven cubic frames. The cubes a [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Koch, Érik (design)
Installation year: 
1994

De l’autre côté de Brenda

Daniel Dutil, De l'autre côté de Brenda, 1997 Daniel Dutil, De l'autre côté de B
This on-site intervention is linked to the space it occupies, both in its physical and symbolic dimensions. More specifically, this link is manifest in the use of materials, which recall those used in [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dutil, Daniel
Installation year: 
1997

Immobile sur les routes

Nathalie Caron, Immobile sur les routes, 1994Nathalie Caron, Immobile sur les routes, 1994
Cube located on the sidewalk and framed photograph on the ground, inside the gallery. The cube is made of steel sheets featuring engraved texts. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Caron, Nathalie
Installation year: 
1994

12 écriteaux au cou des arbres

Monique Bertrand, 12 écriteaux au cou des arbres, 2004
Twelve steel plates were suspended to trees. These plates were painted black with white markings. The inscriptions appeared sometimes as icons (star, crescent moon), sometimes as two dates on a tombst [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bertrand, Monique
Installation year: 
2004

Four Horsemen

François Houde, Four Horsemen, 1989François Houde, Four Horsemen, 1989
Composed of about 300 industrial glass blocks, this work is the last of the artist's works known as the Ming Series. Using horses as a pretext to create a metaphor of building civilizations, Houde cre [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Houdé, François
Installation year: 
1989

JES

Ludger Gerdes, JES,1996
The work consists of three large illuminated letters. JES is a play on language: the letter "s" has been added to the pronoun "je" ("I"). [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gerdes, Ludger
Installation year: 
1996

Parc de la langue française

Rober Racine, Parc de la langue française
Conceived in 1979, Parc de la langue française remains a work in progress, although various versions have been presented in Quebec, Germany and France. The project aims to create a permanent public pa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Racine, Rober

Interdépendance

Jacky Gotthilf & Neva Gotthilf, Interdépendance, 2004
12 yellow panels are arranged in a circle. Each tag displays the name of a mountain somewhere in the world and indicates the direction of its location (left arrow). The letters are black. The panel di [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gotthilf, Jacky; Gotthilf, Neva
Installation year: 
2004

Une odeur de désordre

Mark Lewis, Une odeur de désordre, 1992Mark Lewis, Une odeur de désordre, 1992
The artist installed ten metallic boxes throughout the city of Montreal. Each of these "temporary monuments" featured a drawing or a black and white photograph of an earlier public manifestation of di [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lewis, Mark
Installation year: 
1992
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