Research in artworks: Other material

Monument pour A

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Monument pour A,1997. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet, Monument pour A,1997. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet, Monument pour A,1997. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet
The ceiling and the upper part of the walls are painted in shades of blue. Perforated spheres that look like communication satellites stand out on this blue background. They are formed of acronyms of [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
1997

New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Gwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
A series of connecting high and low pools, with a waterfall made of overlapping black slate. A large glacial boulder sits in the upper pool and an identical cast bronze replica sits in the lower pool. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyle, Gwen
Installation year: 
1994

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

Password

Alan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteAlan Storey, Password, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
Four sets of four letters rotate to form random words. The stainless letters are installed on the three exhaust vents from the underground parkade and spin with the air flow coming out of the exhaust [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Storey, Alan
Installation year: 
1994

SOS

John Dickson, SOS, 2001
A device installed on the bottom of the harbour water shoots air bubbles to the surface every 22 seconds. The bubbles spell the acronym SOS. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dickson, John
Installation year: 
2001

The Name of the Tree

The Name of the Tree is a story written directly onto the leaves of a tree. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Frank, Simon
Installation year: 
2004

Think of England

Rachelle Viader Knowles, Think of England, 2008
The sun never sets refers both to Regina's status as "The Queen City", named after Queen Victoria Regina, and the brilliant prairie sunshine that bathes its streets and parks. The name of Victoria Par [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Knowles, Rachelle Viader
Installation year: 
2008

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

Une odeur de désordre

Mark Lewis, Une odeur de désordre, 1992Mark Lewis, Une odeur de désordre, 1992
The artist installed ten metallic boxes throughout the city of Montreal. Each of these "temporary monuments" featured a drawing or a black and white photograph of an earlier public manifestation of di [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lewis, Mark
Installation year: 
1992

Une odeur de luxe

Mark Lewis, Une odeur de luxe, 1990Mark Lewis, Une odeur de luxe, 1990
"Odour-spraying" devices were installed in the airport toilets. In the men's room, the devices offered fragrances for women; in the women's room, fragrances for men. Text written in vinyl letters had [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lewis, Mark
Installation year: 
1990

Untitled

The work consists of six panels that are used as doors. Each contains seven partially superimposed vertical boards. Their black surfaces feature carved text (a total of 2,200 letters) reproducing a le [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vaillancourt, Armand
Installation year: 
1984

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

Marcel Deschênes, Untitled, 1992
Mural embedded into the bump out of a wall and made of stacks of laminated polychromatic wood. According to the artist, the outer edges of the piece, which are painted blue and placed in a such a way [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Deschênes, Marcel
Installation year: 
1992

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