Research in artworks: Exterior

Placed Upon the Horizon (Casting Shadows)

Source : Photo transmise par Marc André BrouilletteSource : Photo transmise par Marc André Brouillette
A text written in yellow cedar is embedded on the Southern façade of the Vancouver Art Gallery, above the columns. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Weiner, Lawrence
Installation year: 
1990

Pledge

Germaine Koh, Pledge, 2002
Pledge is an edition of copper tokens, each bearing the words "I WILL". [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Koh, Germaine
Installation year: 
2002

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

Poète en bâtiment

Michel Bujol, Poète en bâtiment, 1975. © Marie-Claude LangevinMichel Bujol, Poète en bâtiment, 1975. © Marie-Claude LangevinMichel Bujol, Poète en bâtiment, 1975. © Marie-Claude Langevin
A letter addressed to Jean Drapeau is painted on a brick wall. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bujold, Michel
Installation year: 
1975

Points de suspension

Murielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005. © Cloé Alain-Gendreau; Martin PoitrMurielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005. © Cloé Alain-Gendreau; Martin PoitrMurielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005Murielle Larose, Points de suspension, 2005
The artist installed 11 swings for two people. Sentences were written on the swing seats. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dupuis Larose, Murielle
Installation year: 
2005

Poster!

Michael de Courcey, Poster!, 1988
Posters installed in illuminated signs. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Courcey, Michael de
Installation year: 
1988

Poubelles du Quartier Latin et du Village

Maryo Thomas,  PoubellesMaryo Thomas,  Poubelles
Green and orange posters (in the Quartier Latin et the Village, respectively) were installed on both sides of public garbage bins. The posters were installed at random. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Thomas, Maryo
Installation year: 
2006

Presence and Resistance, 2006

Edgar Heap of Birds, Presence and Resistance, 2006Edgar Heap of Birds, Presence and Resistance, 2006
Public art installation/billboards and public signage texts [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
2006

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

Propagande

André Fournelle, Propagande, 1998
The artwork was a sound installation consisting of a red cross marking a sewer grate. From this grid, loudspeakers broadcast a text by Joseph Beuys in a loop. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Fournelle, André
Installation year: 
1998

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

ReCALL

Ellen Moffat, ReCall, 2005
ReCALL is a video projection of image and text in a window. We can hear noises from the street ambience as soundtrack. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Moffat, Ellen
Installation year: 
2005

Regard sur le fleuve

Lisette Lemieux, Regard sur le fleuve, 1992
Cut-out steel panel. The panel is set up on the banks of the river, near the edge of the water. The openings create the word "Fleuve" ("River"). One can see the water through the openings. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
1992

Relic of Memory I and II

Anne O’Callaghan, Relic of Memory,1998Anne O’Callaghan, Relic of Memory,1998
In Relic of Memory, domestic and architectural structures fabricated from contemporary industrial materials are introduced into the environment. An eight-foot long steel table squarely placed in a mos [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
O’Callaghan, Anne
Installation year: 
1989