Research in artworks: Exterior

Garden Grow

Holly Newman, Garden Grow, 2001Holly Newman, Garden Grow, 2001
Veil with embroidery representing plants. The text is embroidered. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Newman, Holly
Installation year: 
2001

Gateway

Warren Quigley & Millie Chen, Gateway,1997. © Marc André BrouilletteWarren Quigley & Millie Chen, Gateway,1997. © Marc André BrouilletteWarren Quigley & Millie Chen, Gateway,1997. © Marc André Brouillette
This pair of allegorical doors were created to identify the limits of Toronto’s Chinatown, the neighbourhood name for this now predominantly Asian community. Gateway is based on the ancient script for [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chen, Millie; Quigley, Warren

Give Peace a Chance

Linda Covit, Give Peace a Chance, 2009Linda Covit, Give Peace a Chance, 2009Linda Covit, Give Peace a Chance, 2009Linda Covit, Give Peace a Chance, 2009
Several slats featuring the engraved phrase "Give Peace a Chance", translated into 40 languages spoken in Montreal. The work commemorates John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in Montreal in 1969. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Covit, Linda; Séguin, Marie-Claude
Installation year: 
2009

Glimmer

Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Glimmer, 2000Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Glimmer, 2000
80 stainless steel plates, screwed onto the trees [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Belcourt Salem, Jocelyne
Installation year: 
2000

Good For You

Christy Thompson, Good For You, 1998
Artwork creator(s): 
Thompson, Christy
Installation year: 
1998

Grand Parade, Halifax

William Johnson & Matt Robinson, Grand Parade, Halifax, 2009
A traffic control box is painted in muted, watery colours, like age-old slate, with faded images of ships and skylines. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Johnson, William; Robinson, Matt
Installation year: 
2009

Graymatter

 Alan Brandoli, Graymatter, 1989
Artwork creator(s): 
Brandoli, Alan
Installation year: 
1989

Growth

Michael Alstad, Growth, 1997
Six 5-foot tall letters made of foam, felt and wheat grass spell out the word G*R*O*W*T*H. Grown in the bank for two weeks prior to opening, the water suppl [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Alstad, Michael
Installation year: 
1997

Halifax Begs Your Pardon!

Tactical Art Coalition, Halifax Begs Your Pardons !, 2002Tactical Art Coalition, Halifax Begs Your Pardons !, 2002Tactical Art Coalition, Halifax Begs Your Pardons !, 2002
A series of friendly interventions designed to interact with the urban ladscape of Halifax in a manner that would elicit reflections, considerations, and ideas that would challenge or expand the usual [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Tactical Art Coalition
Installation year: 
2002

Hold That Thought

Kelly Mark, Hold That Thought, 2006Kelly Mark, Hold That Thought, 2006
Site specific installation. Several of the letters were programmed to fail or sputter (flicker on and off) at random intervals [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mark, Kelly
Installation year: 
2006

Hommage à Claude Jutra

Charles Daudelin, Hommage à Claude Jutra, 1997Charles Daudelin, Hommage à Claude Jutra, 1997
The upper part of the sculpture is occupied by a complex cylindrical composition with an orange sphere in the middle. A circular brass plate featuring a cut out inscription sits at the center of the s [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Daudelin, Charles
Installation year: 
1997

Hommage à Gaétan Beaudin

On the ground, a square cement slab incorporates fragments of various pottery pieces. In the center, a plaque shows a quote from Gaétan Beaudin (1924-2002). [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Unknown Creator
Installation year: 
2002