Research in artworks

Over My Dead Body

Mona Hatoum, Over My Dead Body, 1988
Photographic installation in a building [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hatoum, Mona
Installation year: 
1999

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

Palimpsest

Nicole Dextras, Palimpsest, 2006Nicole Dextras, Palimpsest, 2006
Block of ice with text, frozen onto trees [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2006

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

Parvis et portail n°22

Yves Trudeau, Parvis et portail no22, 2000Yves Trudeau, Parvis et portail no22, 2000
Sculptural installation consisting of three elements referring to the advent of the new millennium and the rural past of Ville Saint-Laurent. A pyramidal aluminum structure sits on the right [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Trudeau, Yves
Installation year: 
2000

Passage

Ivan Jurakic, Passage, 2004
Hand-cut directly in sheetrock and drawn into with graphite, the single line of text occupied a long, narrow corridor in an abandoned downtown bank. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jurakic, Ivan
Installation year: 
2004

Passages

Ivan Jurakic, Passages, 2005 Ivan Jurakic, Passages, 2005 Ivan Jurakic, Passages, 2005
Passages translates "Never work", a slogan attributed to the Situationist International, into 18 different languages. Original handwritten translations were solicited [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jurakic, Ivan
Installation year: 
2005

Passe-Goutte

Gilbert Poissant, Passe-goutte, 1997Gilbert Poissant, Passe-goutte, 1997
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 [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Poissant, Gilbert
Installation year: 
1997

Passe-moi un sapin Rita

Rita , Passe-moi un sapin Rita, 2008Rita , Passe-moi un sapin Rita, 2008Rita , Passe-moi un sapin Rita, 2008
Rita’s contribution to the Reford Gardens' International Garden Festival is their zany take on reforestation, with the installation of a large scale ‘pine tree air freshener’ in a natural setting. Thi [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Rita (Halmaï-Voisard, Stéphane; Rollin, Francis; Corbeil, Karine)
Installation year: 
2008

Password

Alan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
Four sets of four letters rotate to form random words. The stainless letters are installed on the three exhaust vents from the underground parkade and spin with the air flow coming out of the exhaust [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Storey, Alan
Installation year: 
1994

Perennial Love

Denise Oleksijczuk, Perennial Love, 2005Denise Oleksijczuk, Perennial Love, 2005
Artwork creator(s): 
(June Blake) Oleksijczuk, Denise
Installation year: 
2005

Perennials

Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
A semi-circle of shattered glass screens with etched leaves is visible from the street and lit at night. In the courtyard is a 4,500 sq. ft. leaf-shaped pool; situated around it are black granite seat [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Steinman, Barbara
Installation year: 
1997

Perfect Future / Ouverture

Dejan Atanackovic, Perfect future/ouverture, 2000Dejan Atanackovic, Perfect future/ouverture, 2000Dejan Atanackovic, Perfect future/ouverture, 2000
For this artwork, the artist used three different media: a medium poster format throughout Québec City, a large format poster placed at the front entrance outside the Musée de la civilisation, and the [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Atanackovic, Dejan
Installation year: 
2000