Research in artworks: Random

Le bateau ivre

Francine Simonin, Le bateau ivre, 1996Francine Simonin, Le bateau ivre, 1996
The structure of the floors lean against a huge slanted wall. Three steel shapes run the length of the four-floor high slanted wall, forming ledges and peaks. These shapes have been cut and assembled, [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Simonin, Francine
Installation year: 
1996

Le bruit du monde

Gilbert Boyer, Le bruit du monde, 2002
The artwork consists of a long glass wall installed under a light shaft. Messages, sentences, words, handwritten or typographical signs as well as declarations collected from the institution's student [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyer, Gilbert
Installation year: 
2002

Le chants des mots, l'image des sons

Normand Forget, Le chant des mots, l'image des sons, 1998. © Chantal LemieuxNormand Forget, Le chant des mots, l'image des sons, 1998. © Chantal Lemieux
Work consists of a hanging sculptural element and a series of low reliefs. Words are cut out in a steel sheet using a wet cutting technique. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Forget, Normand
Installation year: 
1998

Le feu du dedans

Manon Fafard, Le feu du dedans, 1998. © Pascale Beaudet
The artwork consists of 24 mini houses attached to the walls of a room. They are all painted red and in different sizes. The houses are inspired from houses neighboring the school and offer a silhouet [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Fafard, Manon
Installation year: 
1998

Le jardin secret de Spica

Rober Racine, Le Jardin secret de Spica, 2001
Fifty deep blue plates are arranged in the courtyard. They all feature the names of stars - some familiar, others less. Spica, for example, is a magnitude 1 star in the Virgo Constellation, according [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Racine, Rober
Installation year: 
2001

Le miroir aux alouettes

Jean-Yves Vigneau, Le miroir aux alouettes, 2004Jean-Yves Vigneau, Le miroir aux alouettes, 2004Jean-Yves Vigneau, Le miroir aux alouettes, 2004
On a sort of raft (itself the extension of a small dock), a two-sided mirror rotates in the wind. It reflects the surrounding landscape, showing multiple points of views but always returning to the la [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vigneau, Jean-Yves
Installation year: 
2004

Le mur de la paix

Cécile Dion, Le mur de la paix, 2007
Inscribed on a wall, the word "Peace" is translated into the 34 languages that represent Montreal's largest communities. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dion, Cécile
Installation year: 
2007

Le Témoin

Lucienne Cornet, Le Témoin, 2003
The work consists of a concrete column, at the top of which two bronze shapes are attached. A little house placed inside a stainless steel boat sit on the very top of the column. An integrated lamp li [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Cornet, Lucienne
Installation year: 
2003

Les Aveux

Marc Larochelle, Les Aveux, 2000. © Michel Dubreuil
Nine bed frames are hoisted up on two masts. Shortened texts revealing hidden and troubling memories are engraved on the beds. These are secrets that people wanted to reveal to the artist, who had put [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Larochelle, Marc
Installation year: 
2000

Les Écritures d’eau

Pierre Bourgault, Les écritures d'eau, 1986Pierre Bourgault, Les écritures d'eau, 1986
The work consists of white painted wooden boards, linked end to end by two yellow polypropylene ropes and kept at the bottom of the river with boat anchors. The sculpture initially looked like a giant [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Bourgault, Pierre
Installation year: 
1986

Les Mots (volet 2)

Julie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie FaubertJulie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie FaubertJulie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie FaubertJulie Faubert, Les Mots (volet 2), 2010. © Julie Faubert
An urban intervention project which comprises some 125 words* written in an ephemeral manner on the sidewalk, along with dates - lost  words (1900-2000), new words (1900-2000) and invented words [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Faubert, Julie
Installation year: 
2010

Les Mots de Sophie

Daniel Dutil, Les Mots de Sophie, 2003. © Éric Gauthier
Wall sculpture occupying an entire wall.  The wall surface is divided in the center by a vertical aluminium rectangle. On each side of this central shape, the wall's concrete slabs are covered wi [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dutil, Daniel
Installation year: 
2003

Les Noms

Nicole Dextras, Les Noms, 2009Nicole Dextras, Les Noms, 2009Nicole Dextras, Les Noms, 2009
Names made of ice were installed in front of the Dawson City Museum in the Yukon. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2009

Les oiseaux

Ceramics art work produced with the contribution of the public. Texts by Hélène Dorion appear with the art work. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Derouin, René
Installation year: 
2003