Research in artworks: Mural

Incantation: The Senses

Jane Kidd, Incantation: The Senses, 2006Jane Kidd, Incantation: The Senses, 2006Jane Kidd, Incantation: The Senses, 2006
The tapestry is conceived in two sections. The smaller panel functions as an introduction, somewhat like a decorative title page. The outer border pattern is ornate and lyrical, surrounding an interio [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kidd, Jane
Installation year: 
2006

Jardins aux racines d'argent

Bill Vincent, Jardins aux racines d'argent, 2003
Artwork creator(s): 
Vincent, Bill (William)
Installation year: 
2003

Jour de fête

Nathalie Font, Jour de fête, 1997. © Pascale BeaudetNathalie Font, Jour de fête, 1997. © Pascale Beaudet
Artwork consisting of a photographic montage of painting reproductions that have marked Art History. Placed over two rows, each of the fourteen images is accompanied by a short text. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Font, Nathalie Mercedes
Installation year: 
1997

L'aile citoyenne

Louise Viger, L'aile citoyenne, 2003Louise Viger, L'aile citoyenne, 2003
In the hall, a wing hangs diagonally from the ceiling to the floor. It is made of 360 aluminium feathers, a reference to the angels that used to be very present in religious sculpture. A dialogue is c [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Viger, Louise
Installation year: 
2003

La Chute de mots

Florent Cousineau, La Chute de mots, 2001Florent Cousineau, La Chute de mots, 2001Florent Cousineau, La Chute de mots, 2001Florent Cousineau, La Chute de mots, 2001
Aluminum strips featuring words. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Cousineau, Florent
Installation year: 
2001

La culture est comme une rivière souterraine : elle ne paraît pas toujours, mais elle donne source à l’esprit

Daniel-Jean Primeau, La culture est comme une rivière souterraine.., 1998. Daniel-Jean Primeau, La culture est comme une rivière souterraine.., 1998.
The work is composed of rectangular red clay plates, which are arranged to form a wavy relief on a blue-painted wall. Seen from afar, the art work as a whole evokes a bird taking flight. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Primeau, Daniel-Jean
Installation year: 
1998

La Montée de Saumon

Mural painted on a concrete wall and a triptych consisting of a painting with bas-reliefs. The mural consists of horizontal rectangles, blue wavy forms and stylized fishes that swim along the wall. Th [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Desgagné, Chantale
Installation year: 
1986

Le bateau ivre

Francine Simonin, Le bateau ivre, 1996Francine Simonin, Le bateau ivre, 1996
The structure of the floors lean against a huge slanted wall. Three steel shapes run the length of the four-floor high slanted wall, forming ledges and peaks. These shapes have been cut and assembled, [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Simonin, Francine
Installation year: 
1996

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 ciel et la terre

Agnès Riverin, Le ciel et la terre, 2003Agnès Riverin, Le ciel et la terre, 2003
The artwork is divided into three parts. At the entrance, a short poem tells us that writing is the main attraction of the library. On another wall, there is a tondo and the sihouette of a windbreak. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Riverin, Agnès
Installation year: 
2003

Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel

Agnès Riverin, Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel, 2006Agnès Riverin, Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel, 2006Agnès Riverin, Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel, 2006
The artwork is divided into four distinct parts: two pictorial sections, a sculpted section and an engraved and oxidized steel section. In the first two sections, a bright and colorful sky g [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Riverin, Agnès
Installation year: 
2006

Le mur de la paix

Cécile Dion, Le mur de la paix, 2007
Inscribed on a wall, the word "Peace" is translated into the 34 languages that represent Montreal's largest communities. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dion, Cécile
Installation year: 
2007

Le passé, le présent et le futur. La mort, l’espace, la liberté

Jordi Bonet, Le passé, le présent et le futur, 1969-1970. © Photothèque du JournJordi Bonet, Le passé, le présent et le futur, 1969-1970
Monumental mural triptych. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bonet, Jordi
Installation year: 
1969

Le poète dans l’univers

Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.
Three major Quebec poets - Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943) and, of course, Octave Crémazie (1827-1879) for whom the metro station was named - are represented by i [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lauda, Georges; Pannier, Paul
Installation year: 
1968

Les beaux rêves

A text for children, translated into Braille, is integrated into a mural. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.; Guy, Suzanne; Asselin, Francine
Installation year: 
1978