Research in artworks: Metal

Sous l'aile, le vent...

Normand Forget, Sous l'aile le vent, 1997
Pictorial and sculptural installation consisting in three elements: a sculpture in the form of a stylized angel wing, a "wing" made up of ten panels of painted aluminium and a painting on a sheet o [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Forget, Normand
Installation year: 
1997

Sq’ac’ay’s

Katherine Kerr, Sq’ac’ay’s, 2005Katherine Kerr, Sq’ac’ay’s, 2005
Three totemic lanterns stand before the station. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Installation year: 
2005

Stay Away From Lonely Places

Ron Terada, Stay Away From Lonely Places, 2005
Installation of words on the façade of a building [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
2005

Still Life

Carl Skelton, Still Life, 2006Carl Skelton, Still Life, 2006
Artwork creator(s): 
Skelton, Carl
Installation year: 
2006

Street Light

Bernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteBernie Miller & Alan Tregebov, Street Light, 1997. © Marc André Brouillette
Each of six twelve-meter high, bronze I-beam towers hold an image cut into a metal plate that illustrate the history of the area. The plates cast the shadow of the image onto the street. Texts etched [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Miller, Bernie; Tregebov, Alan
Installation year: 
1997

Symbols of the Cuneiforms

Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960
This artwork is a delicate metal bas-relief with plexiglas inserts. The white sections light up at night. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Thomas, Lionel; Thomas, Patricia; Lachnit, F.
Installation year: 
1960

Table of Contents

spmb_projects, Table of Contents, 2006spmb_projects, Table of Contents, 2006spmb_projects, Table of Contents, 2006spmb_projects, Table of Contents, 2006. © Marc André Brouillette
Area residents were invited by the artists to submit phrases which were then inscribed into the sculpture. Each household was asked to provide 5-word phrases that represented a sentiment about th [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Aquino, Eduardo; Shanski, Karen (spmb_projects)
Installation year: 
2006

Table Talk

Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005
Table Talk is a set of three circular copper table tops with text stamped around the circumference. The text is made up of excerpts from interviews with victims of or witnesses to violent crimes. The [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sandler, Ilan
Installation year: 
2005

Terra Incognita

Gwen Curry, Terra Incognita, 2001. © City of SurreyGwen Curry, Terra Incognita, 2001. © City of SurreyGwen Curry, Terra Incognita, 2001. © City of Surrey
Terra Incognita links the Ocean Park Library with its garden, bringing the garden inside and the library outside. The classical interior architecture of the building lends itself well to the large, cl [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Curry, Gwen
Installation year: 
2001

The Raven

Germaine Koh, The Raven, 2003
The refrain from Edgar Allan Poe's poem applied to a wind-spun metal sign repeats an eerie mantra of perpetual loss. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Koh, Germaine
Installation year: 
2003

Third Garden

Warren Quigley & Millie Chen,Third Garden, 2002Warren Quigley & Millie Chen,Third Garden, 2002Warren Quigley & Millie Chen,Third Garden, 2002
Third Garden is designed as a monument to local memory. This garden refers to the past use of the surrounding grounds as a healing site for psychiatric care, and to current day use as regenerated land [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chen, Millie; Quigley, Warren
Installation year: 
2002

This Thing

Micah Lexier, This Thing, 1991
Lettering on the edge of the roof [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah
Installation year: 
1991

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Lisette Lemieux, Transcription 92, 1992Lisette Lemieux, Transcription 92, 1992Lisette Lemieux, Transcription 92, 1992
The mural unfolds on the 18 glass panels of a curtain wall and on a painted drywall surface mounted on the adjacent wall. Evoking a musical staff, each glass panel features 5 superimposed words. They [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
1992

Traversée

Lucie Duval, Traversée, 1998Lucie Duval, Traversée, 1998Lucie Duval, Traversée, 1998
A "ribbon" of glass with embedded metal parts hangs in the lobby along the axis of the architectural structure connecting the second and third floors. The sentence "Tout à coup sur fond de ciel une br [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Duval, Lucie
Installation year: 
1998

Triptyque

Betty Goodwin, Triptyque,1991
Giant ears with engraved text on the ground. The installation consists of a sculpture and mirrors attached to the wall, as well as inlays on the ground. Asculpted bronze ear is reflected in the angled [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goodwin, Betty
Installation year: 
1991