Research in artworks: Culture

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

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

Rencontre au confluent

Suzanne Bergeron, Rencontre au confluent, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinSuzanne Bergeron, Rencontre au confluent, 2010. © Marie-Claude LangevinSuzanne Bergeron, Rencontre au confluent, 2010. © Marie-Claude Langevin
Group of glass panels with a concrete block. On the vertical panel, we can see the text and a path created with 1 ¢ coins. On the horizontal panel, the artist has inlaid wooden wafers and a recycled c [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bergeron, Suzanne
Installation year: 
2010

Return

Catherine Burgess, Return, 2001
20-ft high structure consisting of 390 individually cast, intertwining aluminum rings in 3 columns representing the Donors, the Foundation and its Recipients [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Burgess, Catherine
Installation year: 
2001

Rune

Randy & Berenicci, Rune, 2001. © Marc André BrouilletteRandy & Berenicci, Rune, 2001. © Marc André BrouilletteRandy & Berenicci, Rune, 2001. © Marc André BrouilletteRandy & Berenicci, Rune, 2001. © Marc André Brouillette
Installation of walls made of assembled letters. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Randy and Berenicci (Randy Gledhill and Berenicci Hershorn)
Installation year: 
2001

said the source

Micah Lexier, Said The Source,1989. © Micah LexierMicah Lexier, Said The Source,1989. © Micah Lexier
The work consists of a newspaper quote that has been blown-up, laser-cut out of stainless steel and attached to the wall with posts. Around this sentence are a series of typesetter’s kerning commands [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lexier, Micah
Installation year: 
1989

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

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

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

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

Spell

Ivan Jurakic, Spell, 2004
Spell marks the shared entrance to the Grimsby Public Library and Art Gallery with a selection of one-of-a-kind magnetic poetry, featuring a text that was digitally processed from the handwriting of t [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Jurakic, Ivan
Installation year: 
2004

Stay Away From Lonely Places

Ron Terada, Stay Away From Lonely Places, 2005
Installation of words on the façade of a building [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Terada, Ron
Installation year: 
2005

Stillness

J. Lynn Campbell, Stillness, 2007
Plate of granite resting on a wooden structure. A word appears on the granite. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Campbell, J. Lynn
Installation year: 
2007

Symbols of the Cuneiforms

Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960Patricia & Lionel Thomas, F. Lachnit, Symbols of the Cuneiforms, 1960
This artwork is a delicate metal bas-relief with plexiglas inserts. The white sections light up at night. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Thomas, Lionel; Thomas, Patricia; Lachnit, F.
Installation year: 
1960

Terra Incognita

Gwen Curry, Terra Incognita, 2001. © City of SurreyGwen Curry, Terra Incognita, 2001. © City of SurreyGwen Curry, Terra Incognita, 2001. © City of Surrey
Terra Incognita links the Ocean Park Library with its garden, bringing the garden inside and the library outside. The classical interior architecture of the building lends itself well to the large, cl [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Curry, Gwen
Installation year: 
2001