Research in artworks: Excerpt

Espace René-Richard

Annie Forand, Espace René-Richard, 1998Annie Forand, Espace René-Richard, 1998Annie Forand, Espace René-Richard, 1998
The structure is a reinterpretation of painter René Richard's boat. Quotes from the artist are engraved on the rear of the structure, in the upper part. Five paintings by the artist are also on displa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Forand, Annie
Installation year: 
1998

Essays

Jenny Holzer, Essays, 1982Jenny Holzer, Essays, 1982Jenny Holzer, Essays, 1982Jenny Holzer, Essays, 1982
Artwork creator(s): 
Holzer, Jenny
Installation year: 
1982

Feminists ought to get a good whipping

Rachelle Viader-Knowles, Feminists ought to get a good whipping, 2000Rachelle Viader-Knowles, Feminists ought to get a good whipping, 2000
Work consists of text cut into grass on a sloping hillside in a park. The text selected for this public artwork, refers to a quote by Queen Victoria where she expresses her disdain for the fledgling W [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Knowles, Rachelle Viader
Installation year: 
2000

Hommage à Mihai Eminescu 1850-1889, poète national roumain

Vasile Gorduz, Hommage à Mihai Eminescu, 2004Vasile Gorduz, Hommage à Mihai Eminescu, 2004
Statue of the poet Mihai Eminescu with a plaque on the ground featuring a quote. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gorduz, Vasile
Installation year: 
2004

It Is Difficult

Alfredo Jaar, It Is Difficult, 1997
Installation on a billboard. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jaar, Alfredo
Installation year: 
1997

Jardins aux racines d'argent

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

Justice et paix

Armand Vaillancourt, Justice et paix, 1986
A sculpture consisting of two carved and engraved rocks, set next to each other. A steel ladder is attached to each rock. Each surface is partially covered with carved and painted hollow handprints. T [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vaillancourt, Armand
Installation year: 
1986

La forêt

Atelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinAtelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinAtelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinAtelier Pierre Thibault, La forêt, 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Group of five wooden beams with glass panels. Inside the toppled beams, text is written on the glass panels. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Atelier Pierre Thibault
Installation year: 
2010

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 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 mots nous regardent. J’avance en poésie comme un cheval de trait.

Pierre Leblanc, Les mots qui nous regardent. J’avance en poésie comme un cheval Pierre Leblanc, Les mots qui nous regardent. J’avance en poésie comme un cheval Pierre Leblanc, Les mots qui nous regardent. J’avance en poésie comme un cheval Pierre Leblanc, Les mots qui nous regardent. J’avance en poésie comme un cheval
Six sculptures sit atop long stems. The sculptures represent a canoe, a horse, an armchair, a leaf, a house and a plane. Fragments from Gaston Miron's L’Homme rapaillé are engraved in stone [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leblanc, Pierre
Installation year: 
1999

Les Noms

Nicole Dextras, Les Noms, 2009Nicole Dextras, Les Noms, 2009Nicole Dextras, Les Noms, 2009
Names made of ice were installed in front of the Dawson City Museum in the Yukon. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2009

Les oiseaux

Ceramics art work produced with the contribution of the public. Texts by Hélène Dorion appear with the art work. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Derouin, René
Installation year: 
2003

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

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