Research in artworks: Glass

Kristallnacht (Nuit de cristal)

Lisette Lemieux, Kristallnacht, 2003Lisette Lemieux, Kristallnacht, 2003
The artwork is shaped as a frieze panel and installed along three of the lobby's walls. The black frieze panel is pierced with words in French, English, Hebrew and Yiddish. The cut-out first layer ope [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
2003

L'arbre de la connaissance

Lisette Lemieux, L'arbre de la connaissance, 2005Lisette Lemieux, L'arbre de la connaissance, 2005
Built around the presence of an architectural element embedded in the middle of a series of windows, the artwork represents the deployment of a tree. The tree spreads out horizontally into seven secti [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
2005

La forêt

Atelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinAtelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinAtelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinAtelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Group of five wooden beams with glass panels. Inside the toppled beams, text is written on the glass panels. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Atelier Pierre Thibault
Installation year: 
2010

La preuve

Élisabeth Mathieu, La preuve, 2004
Sculpture consisting of two structures hanging from six cables. Placed one in front of the other, the structures are vertically intertwined, forming a spiral. Each is made of eight parallelograms, six [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mathieu, Élisabeth
Installation year: 
2004

La vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle

Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974
This massive cycle of five stained-glass works is composed of more than 1,200 pieces of glass. The first panel depicts the river and the island's forest, along with an inhabitant of the village of Hoc [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sollogoub, Nicolas
Installation year: 
1974

Le bruit du monde

Gilbert Boyer, Le bruit du monde, 2002
The artwork consists of a long glass wall installed under a light shaft. Messages, sentences, words, handwritten or typographical signs as well as declarations collected from the institution's student [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyer, Gilbert
Installation year: 
2002

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

Le lieu de la présence

 Dominique Blain, Le lieu de la présence, 2005 Dominique Blain, Le lieu de la présence, 2005. © Nathalie Dion Dominique Blain, Le lieu de la présence, 2005. © Nathalie Dion
The artist created an installation incorporating three elements. The words "You are here,", which figure prominently on tourist maps, are engraved in the center of the window pane. On the hall's later [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Blain, Dominique

Le miroir aux alouettes

Jean-Yves Vigneau, Le miroir aux alouettes, 2004Jean-Yves Vigneau, Le miroir aux alouettes, 2004Jean-Yves Vigneau, Le miroir aux alouettes, 2004
On a sort of raft (itself the extension of a small dock), a two-sided mirror rotates in the wind. It reflects the surrounding landscape, showing multiple points of views but always returning to the la [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vigneau, Jean-Yves
Installation year: 
2004

Lingua Aqua

Michael Filimowicz, Melanie Cassidy, Philippe Pasquier, Brady Marks, Lingua AquaMichael Filimowicz, Melanie Cassidy, Philippe Pasquier, Brady Marks, Lingua AquaMichael Filimowicz, Melanie Cassidy, Philippe Pasquier, Brady Marks, Lingua AquaMichael Filimowicz, Melanie Cassidy, Philippe Pasquier, Brady Marks, Lingua Aqua
The structure is a self-enclosed fountain, with rain curtains and a reflective pool that contains a video monitor. The video shows a variety of community members speaking their native languages and em [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Cassidy, Melanie; Filimowicz, Michael; Marks, Brady; Pasquier, Philippe
Installation year: 
2009

Lookout

Noel Best & Christos Dikeakos, Lookout, 1999. © Marc André BrouilletteNoel Best & Christos Dikeakos, Lookout, 1999. © Marc André BrouilletteNoel Best & Christos Dikeakos, Lookout, 1999. © Marc André BrouilletteNoel Best & Christos Dikeakos, Lookout, 1999. © Marc André Brouillette
A sculptural installation consisting of two glass-roofed pavilions separated by approximately 120 metres. The elliptical roof of each pavilion is supported by two walls made of stainless steel with cu [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Best, Noel (architect by profession); Dikeakos, Christos (artist by profession)
Installation year: 
1999

L’énigme de la générale

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, L'énigme de la générale, 1988. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet, L'énigme de la générale, 1988. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet
 Sculptural montage consisting of a series of stained-glass panels and components that are inserted between the mullions of the old windows and on the walls of the three protruding vestibules tha [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
1988

L’histoire de la musique à Montréal

Frédéric Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967Frédérick Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967Frédéric Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967Frédéric Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967
The huge artwork consists of thousands of superimposed glass slats, lit by 105 tubes and supported by one tonne of steel. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Back, Frédéric
Installation year: 
1967

Making the Scene

David Kramer, Making the Scene, 1999
Sculpture shaped in neon sign. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kramer, David
Installation year: 
1999

Mémoire des lieux

Normand Forget, Mémoires des lieux, 1992Normand Forget, Mémoires des lieux, 1992. © Suzanne Joly
Two fake windows and moldings of architectural elements of the 1892 building are installed on the ceiling. Behind this construction, collages of architectural components are intertwined with fragments [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Forget, Normand
Installation year: 
1992