Research in artworks: Plastic

Les pieds dans la boue

Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999
Text written on a fence in a field [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Belcourt Salem, Jocelyne
Installation year: 
1999

Literalists of the Imagination

Susan Schelle, Literalists of the Imagination, 1988
Three cast concrete Italian-style benches serve as a framing device for an image of a 16th century fountain projected onto a sheet of clear plexiglass. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Schelle, Susan
Installation year: 
1988

Locus

Lyla Rye, Locus, 2002Lyla Rye, Locus, 2002Lyla Rye, Locus, 2002. © Lyla Rye
The juniper bush is a symbol of rejuvenation in fairy tales. Walking around, one can read the handwritten text cut into a black rubber ring encircling a juniper bush. The text is based upon a conversa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Rye, Lyla
Installation year: 
2002

L’Île perdue et retrouvée

Jean-Yves Vigneau, L’Île perdue et retrouvée, 2000
The word "Île" ("island") is laid out on the surface of the water. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vigneau, Jean-Yves
Installation year: 
2000

Normal

Shirley Yanover, Normal, 2003Shirley Yanover, Normal, 2003Shirley Yanover, Normal, 2003Shirley Yanover, Normal, 2003
This exhibition also featured two other parts. New Normal, an acrylic painting,  was hung in the cafeteria. Normal Graduation 23 consisted of twelve oval plastic clocks that were suspended [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Yanover, Shirley

Nos frontières

Rose-Marie Goulet E., Nos frontières, 2005. © Galerie Dare-Dare
The artist disseminated photographs throughout the park. On these pictures, words could be read more or less clearly. She also hid cards and other clues, such as a soundtrack of children reciting word [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
2005

One Long Autumn

Jonathan Eschuk & Kelly Mellings, One Long Autumn, 2002Jonathan Eschuk & Kelly Mellings, One Long Autumn, 2002Jonathan Eschuk & Kelly Mellings, One Long Autumn, 2002Jonathan Eschuk & Kelly Mellings, One Long Autumn, 2002
Colored glass with text and images from archives. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Eschuk, Jonathan; Mellings, Kelly
Installation year: 
2002

One potato, two potato...it's your life...

Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007Michael Fernandes, One potato, two potato...it's your life..., 2007
The artist offered an itinerary in the gallery and outside.The MAI's eight windows were blocked up to present text fragments in fluorescent lettering.Posters announcing lost cats were distributed on w [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Fernandes, Michael
Installation year: 
2007

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

Perennial Love

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

Pièces et accessoires pour alléger la route et Hommage à un nid-de-poule

Claudine Cotton, Pièces et accessoires pour alléger la route, 2005. © Ville de TClaudine Cotton, Pièces et accessoires pour alléger la route, 2005
At the height of the first steps of a staircase, a bronze sculpture representing a surfbird is installed. Its legs rest on two metallic strips attached to the ground. Short and slightly tilted, the fi [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Cotton, Claudine
Installation year: 
2005

Poubelles du Quartier Latin et du Village

Maryo Thomas,  PoubellesMaryo Thomas,  Poubelles
Green and orange posters (in the Quartier Latin et the Village, respectively) were installed on both sides of public garbage bins. The posters were installed at random. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Thomas, Maryo
Installation year: 
2006

Quai des départs

Magali Chouinard, Quai des départs, 1993. © Daniel RousselMagali Chouinard, Quai des départs, 1993. © Daniel RousselMagali Chouinard, Quai des départs, 1993. © Daniel RousselMagali Chouinard, Quai des départs, 1993
Work consisting of a statue, six low reliefs, two vertical structures and one chair, along with an installation in the floor surface. The artwork is set on a dais linking two of the library's reading [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chouinard, Magali
Installation year: 
1993