Research in artworks: Paint

Silence-sieste-sommeil-songe-renaissance

Jean-Pierre Gaudreau, Silence-sieste-sommeil-songe-renaissance, 1994Jean-Pierre Gaudreau, Silence-sieste-sommeil-songe-renaissance, 1994
The work consists of a modular painting on glass. The central element of the composition is the bed. Three orange beds are shown against a blue sky: the first is near a crescent moon, while [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Installation year: 
1994

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

Stream of Consciousness

Katherine Kerr, Stream of Consciousness, 2001Katherine Kerr, Stream of Consciousness, 2001. © Katherine KerrKatherine Kerr, Stream of Consciousness, 2001Katherine Kerr, Stream of Consciousness, 2001. © Katherine Kerr
A bridge spans a small pond and stream, becoming a metaphor for connections with the past and future and reflecting on the life cycle of the salmon and the remarkable journey they endure. Inspired by [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Installation year: 
2001

Suivre son étoile

Michel Bois, Suivre son étoile, 1992. © Josianne Gervais
Relief-painting on a rectangular wooden support. Wooden cutout figures are painted in bright colours, standing out against a black background. They represent, among others, an acrobat, a hand-balancer [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bois, Michel
Installation year: 
1992

Templates for Walking Theatre

Luis Jacob, Templates for Walking Theatre, 2003Luis Jacob, Templates for Walking Theatre, 2003
Similar both to public signage and graffiti, Templates for Walking Theatre link language to municipal authority –and to our personal capacities as citizens for creating new meaning. These graphic and [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jacob, Luis
Installation year: 
2000

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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

Untitled

Lucienne Cornet, Sans Titre, 1983. © Renée Larochelle
The sculpture consists of two panels mounted onto two brick walls. The first panel is a long horizontal rectangle and presents different types of representations subject to the morphology of the first [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Cornet, Lucienne
Installation year: 
1983

Untitled

The artwork consists of a triptych. The first painting shows an embossed moon, linked to a text by Marcel Proust. The second painting shows water lilies. The last one represents a domestic scene. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Béliveau, Paul
Installation year: 
1993

Untitled

Triptych consisting of three paintings, including one collage painting. On a wall of the library, the first painting incorporates 38 Reader's Digest books placed in a row on the right, while 4 silhoue [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Royer, Claude
Installation year: 
1991

Untitled

Effets publics, Untitled, 1992Effets publics, Untitled, 1992Effets publics, Untitled, 1992
This large installation is spread over four sites: from the square in front of the building; in the lobby; above the main staircase; and in the reading rooms of the library. A spiral unifies the diffe [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Effets publics : Goulet, Rose-Marie E.; Paiement, Alain; Randy, Saharuni; Denis, Bernard; Bellavance, Guy
Installation year: 
1992

Untitled (Totem)

Myung Ji Kim, Untitled (Totem)
Totem with Korean writing. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Ji Kim, Myung

Urbaine urbanité

Gilles Bissonnet, Urbaine urbanité, 2002
The artist painted the exterior building walls in white and installed strips of text on the façade. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bissonnet, Gilles
Installation year: 
2002

Wordlink

Karen Kazmer, Wordlink, 2001Karen Kazmer, Wordlink, 2001Karen Kazmer, Wordlink, 2001
Kinsmen Park New Washroom Building: The redesigned fieldhouse with washrooms incorporated sculptural chain link fence panels, stainless steel discs with sports action words bouncing around on them, po [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kazmer, Karen
Installation year: 
2001