Research in artworks

Saint-Jean l’Évangéliste

Charles Sucsan, Saint-Jean l'Évangéliste, 1969. © Lise Demers
Mural etched in fresh mortar. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sucsan, Charles
Installation year: 
1969

Salt/Marsh

John McEwen, Salt/Marsh, 1995John McEwen, Salt/Marsh, 1995
The artwork consists of a silhouette of a wolf, two vases (culture) and a bench (where you see the marsh environment). [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McEwen, John
Installation year: 
1995

Scenic View

Anne O’Callaghan, Scenic View, 2001Anne O’Callaghan, Scenic View, 2001Anne O’Callaghan, Scenic View, 2001
Installation of four display cases which featuring text and image [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
O’Callaghan, Anne
Installation year: 
2001

Scopes of Site

Jill Anholt , Scopes of Site, 2003Jill Anholt , Scopes of Site, 2003
The sculpture takes its form from periscopes and telescopes as instruments used for discovering what lay below the surface. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Anholt, Jill
Installation year: 
2003

Scriptura

Carole Baillargeon, Scriptura, 1994
Two sculptures representing scenes costumes for women and men are installed inside niches that face. The costumes, first cast in concrete, then covered with a woven copper strips. Splashes of concrete [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Baillargeon, Carole
Installation year: 
1994

See Other Side of Sign

Ron Terada, See Other Side of Sign, 2006
In situ intervention on abandoned billboard. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
2006

Selections From The Synopsis Of Categories

Micah Lexier, Selections From The Synopsis Of Categories,1992. © Marc André BrouMicah Lexier, Selections From The Synopsis Of Categories,1992. © Marc André BrouMicah Lexier, Selections From The Synopsis Of Categories,1992. © Marc André BrouMicah Lexier, Selections From The Synopsis Of Categories,1992. © Marc André Brou
Consists of 25 custom-made aluminum ladders of various heights. The rungs of each ladder consist of different words that have been waterjet-cut out of a bar of aluminum. Each of the 350 separate rungs [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah

Sewing

Lorraine Oades, Sewing, 1997Lorraine Oades, Sewing, 1997
Every day, the artist embroidered on a piece of cloth a significant sentence from one of the 32 chapters of the French and English versions of the novel Bonheur d'occasion by Gabrielle Roy. After [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Oades, Lorraine
Installation year: 
1997

Shutdown

Carole Condé & Karl Beveridge , Shutdown, 1991
Billboard with image [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Condé, Carole; Beveridge, Karl
Installation year: 
1991

Signatures

Marie-France Brière, Signatures, 2002. © Marie-Claude LangevinMarie-France Brière, Signatures, 2002. © Marie-Claude Langevin
The artwork is composed of three elements. Steel panels stand vertically on the floor. Marble plates are affixed to them in such a way as to evoke an open book. Each plate bears a signature in relief. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Brière, Marie-France
Installation year: 
2002

signs series

Germaine Koh, signs series, 2002Germaine Koh, signs series, 2002
A series of artworks made by blocking out words from pre-printed signs, using pieces of self-adhesive vinyl, in order perhaps to isolate the underlying sentiments behind these stan [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Koh, Germaine
Installation year: 
2002

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

Sliding Edge

Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003
Along the seawall, a rough yet elegant waterfall made of black rundle stone is installed; the stacked, linear, irregular stone edges are abstractions of geological layers. Standing on top of the water [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy
Installation year: 
2003

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