Research in artworks: Teaching and research

Recherche

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Recherche, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet, Recherche, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet, Recherche, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. GouletRose-Marie E. Goulet, Recherche, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet
The artwork consists of three parts: a stained-glass window, a sculptural element and projectors. Natural light is filtered through three spaced-out blocks of primary colours (cyan, magenta and yellow [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
1993

Rumination on a Set of Circumstances

Al McWilliams, Rumination on a Set of Circumstances, 1991Al McWilliams, Rumination on a Set of Circumstances, 1991
An abstract sculpture composed of a steel chair sitting underneath three tilting rings that are supported by four poles. Propane burners shoot flames out from underneath the legs of the chair. Ruminat [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McWilliams, Al
Installation year: 
1991

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

Sous l'aile, le vent...

Normand Forget, Sous l'aile le vent, 1997
Pictorial and sculptural installation consisting in three elements: a sculpture in the form of a stylized angel wing, a "wing" made up of ten panels of painted aluminium and a painting on a sheet o [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Forget, Normand
Installation year: 
1997

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

Suivre son étoile

Michel Bois, Suivre son étoile, 1992. © Josianne Gervais
Relief-painting on a rectangular wooden support. Wooden cutout figures are painted in bright colours, standing out against a black background. They represent, among others, an acrobat, a hand-balancer [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bois, Michel
Installation year: 
1992

Surfacing

Ana Chang, Henry Tsang & Eric Bontogon, Surfacing, 1992Ana Chang, Henry Tsang & Eric Bontogon, Surfacing, 1992
A series of texts was presented on LED electronic message boards or using slide projections, community access television and local print media. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chang, Ana; Tsang, Henry; Bontogon, Eric
Installation year: 
1992

Table Talk

Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005Ilan Sandler, Table Talk, 2005
Table Talk is a set of three circular copper table tops with text stamped around the circumference. The text is made up of excerpts from interviews with victims of or witnesses to violent crimes. The [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sandler, Ilan
Installation year: 
2005

Tapisserie (McGill)

Kelvin McAvoy, Tapisserie (McGill), 1969
Tapestry featuring the portrait of James McGill, a short biography in the centre and three images related to significant periods of his life on the right. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McAvoy, Kelvin
Installation year: 
1969

Touchez, Touché!

Gilbert Poissant, Touchez,Touché!, 2006Gilbert Poissant, Touchez,Touché!, 2006
Three porcelain murals blending textures, tones and finishes. The diptych located at 1,500 rue des Vétérinaires evokes a gigantic human hand; in the mural located at the Pet Clinic, it is the animal t [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Poissant, Gilbert
Installation year: 
2006

Traversée

Lucie Duval, Traversée, 1998Lucie Duval, Traversée, 1998Lucie Duval, Traversée, 1998
A "ribbon" of glass with embedded metal parts hangs in the lobby along the axis of the architectural structure connecting the second and third floors. The sentence "Tout à coup sur fond de ciel une br [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Duval, Lucie
Installation year: 
1998

Untitled

Triptych consisting of three paintings, including one collage painting. On a wall of the library, the first painting incorporates 38 Reader's Digest books placed in a row on the right, while 4 silhoue [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Royer, Claude
Installation year: 
1991

Untitled

Effets publics, Untitled, 1992Effets publics, Untitled, 1992Effets publics, Untitled, 1992
This large installation is spread over four sites: from the square in front of the building; in the lobby; above the main staircase; and in the reading rooms of the library. A spiral unifies the diffe [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Effets publics : Goulet, Rose-Marie E.; Paiement, Alain; Randy, Saharuni; Denis, Bernard; Bellavance, Guy
Installation year: 
1992

Untitled

Eduardo Aquino, Johanne Sloan &  Kathryn Walter, Untitled, 1996. © Concordia UniEduardo Aquino, Johanne Sloan &  Kathryn Walter, Sans Titre, 1996Eduardo Aquino, Johanne Sloan &  Kathryn Walter, Sans Titre, 1996
4 structures used as tables. Engraved text appears on top. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Aquino, Eduardo; Sloan, Johanne; Walter, Kathryn
Installation year: 
1996

Untitled

Marcel Deschênes, Untitled, 1992
Mural embedded into the bump out of a wall and made of stacks of laminated polychromatic wood. According to the artist, the outer edges of the piece, which are painted blue and placed in a such a way [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Deschênes, Marcel
Installation year: 
1992