Research in artworks: Excerpt

Locus

Lyla Rye, Locus, 2002Lyla Rye, Locus, 2002Lyla Rye, Locus, 2002. © Lyla Rye
The juniper bush is a symbol of rejuvenation in fairy tales. Walking around, one can read the handwritten text cut into a black rubber ring encircling a juniper bush. The text is based upon a conversa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Rye, Lyla
Installation year: 
2002

Love Stories

Henry Tsang, Love Stories, 1992Henry Tsang, Love Stories, 1992Henry Tsang, Love Stories, 1992
Billboard poster installed at the seabus terminal. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Tsang, Henry
Installation year: 
1992

Monument to Louis-Joseph Papineau

Suzanne Gravel & Yvon Milliard, Monument to Louis-Joseph Papineau, 2002
Artwork creator(s): 
Gravel, Suzanne; Milliard, Yvon
Installation year: 
2002

Mosaic Garden

Rosemary Murray, Mosaic Garden
The bases of steel and concrete columns have been covered in mosaic tiles depicting a variety of colourful flowers to create a "garden". Individual hand-crafted, textured tiles have been applied aroun [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Murray , Rosemary
Installation year: 
2004

Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle

Pierre Leblanc, Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle ou Pour la suite du monde, 2Pierre Leblanc, Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle ou Pour la suite du monde, 2Pierre Leblanc, Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle ou Pour la suite du monde, 2Pierre Leblanc, Naissance, envol et vie... un cycle ou Pour la suite du monde, 2
The artwork is divided into two locations. The outdoor site consists of rectangular shapes displaying various signs (tree, samara, quote). The indoor site consists of representations of trees and root [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Leblanc, Pierre
Installation year: 
2009

Parc de la langue française

Rober Racine, Parc de la langue française
Conceived in 1979, Parc de la langue française remains a work in progress, although various versions have been presented in Quebec, Germany and France. The project aims to create a permanent public pa [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Racine, Rober

Passage

Ivan Jurakic, Passage, 2004
Hand-cut directly in sheetrock and drawn into with graphite, the single line of text occupied a long, narrow corridor in an abandoned downtown bank. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jurakic, Ivan
Installation year: 
2004

Perennial Love

Denise Oleksijczuk, Perennial Love, 2005Denise Oleksijczuk, Perennial Love, 2005
Artwork creator(s): 
(June Blake) Oleksijczuk, Denise
Installation year: 
2005

Persiennes

Lisette Lemieux, Le mur archive, 1992Lisette Lemieux, Le mur archive, 1992Lisette Lemieux, Le mur archive, 1992
The artwork is embedded into the window of an ancient wall. The work is a transcription of the founding text of the Grey Nuns religious order. The text is written on engraved brass sheets and inserted [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
1991

Pine Cones

Sarah Nind, Pine Cones, 1997. © Sarah NindSarah Nind, Pine Cones, 1997Sarah Nind, Pine Cones, 1997. © Sarah NindSarah Nind, Pine Cones, 1997. © Sarah Nind
Text embedded in a sidewalk [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Nind, Sarah
Installation year: 
1997

Poems for a Small Park

E.D. Blodgett, Poems for a Small Park, 2008E.D. Blodgett, Poems for a Small Park, 2008E.D. Blodgett, Poems for a Small Park, 2008E.D. Blodgett, Poems for a Small Park, 2008
The poems are engraved in the languages spoken during Edmonton's early days - English, French, Cree, Chinese, Ukrainian and a Métis dialect. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Blodgett, E.D.
Installation year: 
2008

Promenade de la poésie

Divers, Promenade de la poésie, 1994 © Marie-Claude LangevinDivers, Promenade de la poésie, 1994 © Marie-Claude Langevin
292 plates are scattered throughout the city of Trois-Rivières. These plates are fixed to the exterior walls of buildings. A verse taken from a love poem by a Québec writer is written on each plate. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bellarmare, Gaston
Installation year: 
2007

Quelques pages d'histoire...

Élisabeth Mathieu, Quelques pages d'histoire, 2009Élisabeth Mathieu, Quelques pages d'histoire, 2009Élisabeth Mathieu, Quelques pages d'histoire, 2009
The artwork represents a large, open book about nature and art. It marks the importance of remembering artists and offers an overview of different types of art. An excerpt of a poem by Gérald Godin, C [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mathieu, Élisabeth
Installation year: 
2009