Research in artworks: Transportation

Déplacements

Dominique Laquerre, Déplacements, 2002
Strip featuring five metallic discs with photographic details (reflection of trees in water, the sky), words borrowed from geographical maps and relief (compass dial). [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Laquerre, Dominique
Installation year: 
2003

Field of Winds

Linda Covit, Field of Winds, 2003Linda Covit, Field of Winds, 2003
The [seven] History Posts, a series of illuminated columns, line the walkway to the airport.  Each is silk-screened with a photograph taken from archives, accompanied by a descriptive text.  [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Covit, Linda
Installation year: 
2003

Filigree

Katherine Kerr, Filigree, 2000
Filigree consists of 15,000 bronze letters cast into 50 concrete panels. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Installation year: 
2000

FLAGS Project

FLAGS Project, 2009FLAGS Project, 2009FLAGS Project, 2009
Artwork creator(s): 
Caribou, Stephanie; Coutu, Bobby; Kematch, Gabriel; Hiebert, Samantha; Sutherland, Destiny Dawn (with the collaboration of Scott Stephens, Sebastien Aubin, KC Adams)
Installation year: 
2009

Fontaine de Tourny

Mathurin Moreau, Fontaine de TournyMathurin Moreau, Fontaine de TournyMathurin Moreau, Fontaine de Tourny
Fontain with a poem by Marie Laberge on one side. The base of the fountain lies in a circular granite basin. The fountain features sixteen frogs and four statues around the octogonal pedestal holding [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Moreau, Mathurin

Four Sisters

John Armstrong & Paul Collins, Four Sisters, 2008John Armstrong & Paul Collins, Four Sisters, 2008John Armstrong & Paul Collins, Four Sisters, 2008John Armstrong & Paul Collins, Four Sisters, 2008
Four Sisters is a silent, 30-minute video sequence shot on Toronto's waterfront Gardiner Expressway during a late afternoon rush-hour commute, from East to West. The Gardiner, an elevated highway [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Armstrong, John; Collins, Paul
Installation year: 
2008

Homage to Parenthood

Toni Latour, Homage to Parenthood, 2010. © Toni LatourToni Latour, Homage to Parenthood, 2010. © Toni LatourToni Latour, Homage to Parenthood, 2010. © Toni LatourToni Latour, Homage to Parenthood, 2010. © Toni Latour
Homage to Parenthood is a six-panel public art installation on display at the Canada Line Brighouse Station. On the panels are 100 clichés, idioms and sayings written in colours that mirror those of&n [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Latour, Toni
Installation year: 
2010

Home Is Here

Jin-Me Yoon, Home Is Here, 1992
Photographic image placed in a billboard [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Yoon, Jin-Me
Installation year: 
1992

I Witness

Holly Newman, I Witness, 2006Holly Newman, I Witness, 2006Holly Newman, I Witness, 2006Holly Newman, I Witness, 2006. © Holly Newman
Sixteen short phrases relate observations about daily events that might occur when using the public transit system. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Newman, Holly
Installation year: 
2006

Inhale

Katherine Kerr, Inhale, 2003
Inhale consists of 15 laminated and tempered glass panes and ceramic frit, treated with sandblast and acid etch. An intimate and ephemeral installation which sifts breath, site and story in translucen [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Kerr, Katherine
Installation year: 
2003

Kyoto sur la glace 2008

Nicole Dextras, Kyoto sur la Glace 2008, 2008Nicole Dextras, Kyoto sur la Glace 2008, 2008
Outdoor installation, which consisted of a frozen wedding dress that children could crawl under, frozen sheets and shirts, plus letters made of ice that spelled "Mémoire de glace" (Ice Memory) and "Éq [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2008

La vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle

Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIVe siècle,1974
This massive cycle of five stained-glass works is composed of more than 1,200 pieces of glass. The first panel depicts the river and the island's forest, along with an inhabitant of the village of Hoc [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Sollogoub, Nicolas
Installation year: 
1974

La Vie commune

Seven traffic signs with plexiglas covers and black and white drawings. These represented outlined plots of cultivated land that the artist had traced during a trip to Crete. The phrase appeared on ea [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lavaillante, Renée
Installation year: 
1989