Research in artworks: Textile

La rencontre-Natshishkatum

Michel Depatie, La rencontre-Natshishkatum, 2007Michel Depatie, La rencontre-Natshishkatum, 2007Michel Depatie, La rencontre-Natshishkatum, 2007Michel Depatie, La rencontre-Natshishkatum, 2007
Large panels feature various texts. The art work consists of three installations and evokes an encounter. The first installation that appeals to the traveller consists of three rectangular pieces of c [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Depatie, Michel
Installation year: 
2007

La Traversée

Jean-Pierre Gaudreau, La traversée, 2000Jean-Pierre Gaudreau, La traversée, 2000
The work consists of three panels. The central panel represents an arched bridge with three turtles crossing it. Under it, the tail of a fish or sea mammal can be seen. This tail rises out of an oval [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Installation year: 
2000

La Vie commune

Seven traffic signs with plexiglas covers and black and white drawings. These represented outlined plots of cultivated land that the artist had traced during a trip to Crete. The phrase appeared on ea [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lavaillante, Renée
Installation year: 
1989

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

Lest we Forget

Teresa Posyniak, Lest we Forget, 1994Teresa Posyniak, Lest we Forget, 1994Teresa Posyniak, Lest we Forget, 1994
The names of 135 Canadian women murdered since 1989 are written, interspersed with the phrase "lest we forget" throughout the list. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Posyniak, Teresa
Installation year: 
1994

Letters From Home

Letters From Home, 1993Letters From Home, 1993Letters From Home, 1993Letters From Home, 1993
Flyers placed in various displays [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jones, Amy; Naylor, Margaret; Weaving, Jill P.
Installation year: 
1992

Livres à voir

Painting installation which consisted of six paintings representing a book cover. They were inserted among the books displayed in the bookstore's window. Size, style and colour varied from one paintin [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lamontagne, Éric
Installation year: 
2001

Loose Lips Series

Adrian Göllner, Loose Lips Series, 2000Adrian Göllner, Loose Lips Series, 2000Adrian Göllner, Loose Lips Series, 2000
Backlit posters with messages of warning and safety instructions. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Göllner, Adrian
Installation year: 
2000

Marked Like Some Pages in a Book

Devora Neumark, Marked Like Some Pages in a Book, 1997. © Marie-Orphée Duval
The artist inserted 10,000 bookmarks in various books where the text captured her attention. They were distributed randomly, in public and private libraries, bookstores, etc.. The intervention was ini [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Neumark, Devora
Installation year: 
1997

Modern U

Adrian Göllner, Modern U, 2003Adrian Göllner, Modern U, 2003Adrian Göllner, Modern U, 2003Adrian Göllner, Modern U, 2003
Modern U. addressed the progressive ideas that helped shape Carleton University during its formative years, 1959 to 1972. These ideas were conveyed to a contemporary audience through a path of t [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Göllner, Adrian
Installation year: 
2003

Moving

Margot Leigh Butler, Moving, 1993
Flyers placed in various displays [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leigh Butler, Margot
Installation year: 
1992

My Hall of Fame

Mitch Robertson, My Hall of Fame, 2001
Mitch Robertson's installation comments on the practices of commemoration and merchandising that produce stars and celebrities – in both the hockey and aesthetic realms. He activates the museum’s s [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Robertson, Mitch
Installation year: 
2001

One Garden One Night One Wish

Andrew Zealley & Chrysanne Stathacos, One Garden One Night One Wish, 2006
Sound installation with printed paper elements attached to a tree. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Zealley Andrew; Stathacos, Chrysanne
Installation year: 
2006

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

Presence and Resistance, 2006

Edgar Heap of Birds, Presence and Resistance, 2006Edgar Heap of Birds, Presence and Resistance, 2006
Public art installation/billboards and public signage texts [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
2006