The most common intrusive acid igneous rock of the Earth's crust, it has a visibly crystalline texture, is usually red, whitish, or gray in colour, is very hard and durable, and takes a fine polish.
Artwork creator(s):
Nemon, Oscar; Davidson, Jo
The work is integrated into the floor of the great hall, which opens up onto five floors topped by a sky dome. The ensemble features a cross made of freshwater limestone, which recalls the cross on th
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Artwork creator(s):
Brière, Marie-France
The shape of a drop of water is drawn on a circle made of black and white granite. The drop points North. Letters carved on the drop indicate the month of the year (first letter of each month). Lights
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Artwork creator(s):
Poissant, Gilbert
The work consists of posters and tombstones. 3,500 posters were put up by a company specializing in indoor and outdoor billposting. The posters feature text on the left and, on the right, a detail fro
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Artwork creator(s):
Neumark, Devora
Six sculptures sit atop long stems. The sculptures represent a canoe, a horse, an armchair, a leaf, a house and a plane. Fragments from Gaston Miron's L’Homme rapaillé are engraved in stone
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Artwork creator(s):
Leblanc, Pierre
Four sculptures, designated as "repères" ("markers"), were permanently inserted along the Nicolet River. Each "marker" is made of granite and features engraved text.The Nicolet "marker" consists of ha
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Artwork creator(s):
Laquerre, Dominique
Installation and intervention ,
Permanent,
Exterior,
Interior,
Health care,
Integration of art and architecture,
Linear,
Glass,
Anodized aluminum,
Bronze,
Granite
A bronze table is installed in the indoor garden. Small amounts of colours have been sprinkled onto it. Under each colour, a verb in the infinitive is engraved directly into the tabletop. A wall near
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Artwork creator(s):
Goulet, Michel
Sculptural installation consisting of nine wall ornaments decorating the walls of a stairwell. A circular panel is placed on a wall pierced with nine small square windows. Above the first row of windo
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Artwork creator(s):
Forget, Normand
Low relief with an irregular contour. The artist attached a pink granite slab, a bronze plate and an aluminium structure shaped like an obelisk onto a slate slab. Three line segments are engraved into
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Artwork creator(s):
Forget, Normand
Sculpture ,
Permanent,
Exterior,
Park, square and garden,
Gift ,
Linear,
Tribute,
Enamel,
Brass,
Granite
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 s
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Artwork creator(s):
Daudelin, Charles