Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Enamel

Les Mots de Sophie

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:54:15 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dutil, Daniel

Artwork creator(s):

Dutil, Daniel

Text author(s):

Dutil, Daniel

Text author(s):

Dutil, Daniel

Installation year:

2003

Remarks on location:

The artwork occupies the alcove's entire wall looking onto the men's locker room. The wall is located in the entrance hall, which can be accessed from the West side of the schoolyard and from the South side corridor in the school.

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Éric Gauthier

Description:

Wall sculpture occupying an entire wall. The wall surface is divided in the center by a vertical aluminium rectangle. On each side of this central shape, the wall's concrete slabs are covered with galvanized steel sheets, glued onto a piece of plywood. Words related to youth issues were hand-punched into the steel surface. The vertical rectangle consists of a central horizontal piece in brushed aluminium framed by two painted aluminium posts, green on the left and red on the right. In the upper part of this central piece, a blue plexiglass component is a symbol of "the watery matter and the fluidity of the spirit," according to the artist. Above the plexiglass component, a reflecting stainless steel sheet is attached to the lateral posts and to the ceiling.

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Text of the artwork:

Efforts Honnêteté Politesse Ensemble Persévérance

Text theme:

Youth concerns

Artwork theme:

Self-reflection

Dimensions

Height:

3.55m

Width:

2.44m

Other information

Note(s):

The engraved words were suggested by the students of École Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and chosen by the artist. They speak of the concerns of young people while evoking the poetic character of the socio-cultural environment that has flourished in Trois-Rivières. The central piece of the artwork refers to the geographical environment (the St.Lawrence River) by borrowing its colours from navigation codes (those represented by the colours red and green used to guide boats) and its formal representation from the construction world (the artwork is inspired by techniques and formal elements used in the construction industry, such as the principle of vertical casing).

Owner(s):

Commission scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy; École Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire

Le bateau ivre

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:18:40 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Simonin, Francine

Artwork creator(s):

Simonin, Francine

Text author(s):

Rimbaud, Arthur

Text author(s):

Rimbaud, Arthur

Installation year:

1996

Remarks on location:

At the junction of the two pavilions and close to the agora

Artwork description

Source: MCCCQ (1996). L’Intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement. Bilan 1995-1996. Québec: MCCCQ

Description:

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, and their surfaces - alternately smooth, brushed or engraved - are covered with enamel paint. The surface of the concrete wall features a grid and a thin screen made of electronic circuits can be seen in between the shapes. On the ground, against the wall, an excerpt of a poem by Arthur Rimbaud is engraved onto stainless steel plaques.

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Text of the artwork:

J’AI VU DES ARCHIPELS SIDÉRAUX! ET DES ÎLES DONT LES CIEUX … Ô QUE MA QUILLE ÉCLATE ! Ô QUE J’AILLE À LA MER !

Text theme:

Strength, unbalance and movement expressed by the immensity of the location

Artwork theme:

Timelessness of art

Dimensions

Height:

22m

Width:

16m

Other information

Owner(s):

Université Laval

Document(s):

Le bateau ivre

L'art public sur le campus de l'Université Laval.

L’art et les bouquins

L’Intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement. Bilan 1995-1996

Hommage à Claude Jutra

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:42 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Daudelin, Charles

Artwork creator(s):

Daudelin, Charles

Text author(s):

Jutra, Claude

Text author(s):

Jutra, Claude

Installation year:

1997

Artwork description

Source: Ville de Montréal (2008). Ville de Montréal- Art public. (www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/artpublic)

Description:

The upper part of the sculpture is occupied by a complex cylindrical composition with an orange sphere in the middle. A circular brass plate featuring a cut out inscription sits at the center of the structure. The lower part of the structure includes an opening covered with a metal strip.

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Text of the artwork:

Inscription in the central plate:

La vocation du cinéma
est d’incarner la vie
notre postérité exige
qu’on le protège
pour qu’il garde en mémoire
non pas seulement ce que l’on pense
mais comment on le parle,
le rythme de nos rires,
la chanson de nos pleurs,
pour qu’il capte à jamais
les aujourd’huis qui passent;
pour qu’il rende à l’éternité
notre fait
notre geste
et notre dit.
Claude Jutra

1930-1986

Text theme:

Communication of our collective memories, Claude Jutra

Artwork theme:

Film, Tribute

Dimensions

Height:

2.15m

Other information

Note(s):

The trophy awarded at the Jutra Awards ceremony (Québec film industry awards) was inspired by this artwork.

Artist's biography:

Charles Daudelin

Author's biography:

Claude Jutras

Owner(s):

City of Montreal

Document(s):

L’art public à Montréal