Research in artworks: Steel

Défilé

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Défilé, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Défilé, 1993. © Rose-Marie E. Goulet
Located in the alley that children take to enter the schoolyard, this installation draws its formal elements from basic components of knowledge - letters and numbers. Children cross disordered rows of [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
1993

Derrière chez nous se dresse un champ au coeur duquel...

Annie Pelletier, Derrière chez nous se dresse un champ au coeur duquel...,2006Annie Pelletier, Derrière chez nous se dresse un champ au coeur duquel...,2006Annie Pelletier, Derrière chez nous se dresse un champ au coeur duquel...,2006Annie Pelletier, Derrière chez nous se dresse un champ au coeur duquel...,2006
Twelve columns are arranged randomly. Text and sculptures of miniature chairs are integrated into them. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Pelletier, Annie
Installation year: 
2006

Ex/Diamond

Vera Gartley, Ex/ Diamond, 1993Vera Gartley, Ex/ Diamond, 1993Vera Gartley, Ex/ Diamond, 1993
The artist wanted to transform a dark corner with light and a story. The text portion of her installation invites the viewer into a conversation between the artist and the maker of the lettering. In [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gartley, Vera
Installation year: 
1993

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

Géographies à fleur de peau

Magali Chouinard, Géographies à fleur de peau, 1998 © Laurette ThompsonMagali Chouinard, Géographies à fleur de peau, 1998 © Laurette ThompsonMagali Chouinard, Géographies à fleur de peau, 1998 © Laurette Thompson
Five circular images consisting of a montage of various mediums represent female characters that have been superimposed onto a map. Stanzas are written on 19 acetate discs revolving around the 5 image [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chouinard, Magali
Installation year: 
1999

Interface

François Dallegret, Interface,1989François Dallegret, Interface,1989
Sculptural sign consisting of two white steel beams that are linked at the top by eight corrugated fiberglass panels. It evokes a signboard shaped as an arch, such as ones used in institutions and pub [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dallegret, François
Installation year: 
1989

Jardins aux racines d'argent

Bill Vincent, Jardins aux racines d'argent, 2003
Artwork creator(s): 
Vincent, Bill (William)
Installation year: 
2003

L'arbre de la connaissance

Lisette Lemieux, L'arbre de la connaissance, 2005Lisette Lemieux, L'arbre de la connaissance, 2005
Built around the presence of an architectural element embedded in the middle of a series of windows, the artwork represents the deployment of a tree. The tree spreads out horizontally into seven secti [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
2005

L'îlot

Andrew, Dutkewych, L’Îlot, 2002Andrew, Dutkewych, L’Îlot, 2002
A promontory features a cylindrical tower with an open sphere and a sculpture in the shape of a dog. Three reflexive, black granite slabs are also included, featuring the nomenclature of indigenous aq [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Dutkewych, Andrew
Installation year: 
2002

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 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 ciel et la terre

Agnès Riverin, Le ciel et la terre, 2003Agnès Riverin, Le ciel et la terre, 2003
The artwork is divided into three parts. At the entrance, a short poem tells us that writing is the main attraction of the library. On another wall, there is a tondo and the sihouette of a windbreak. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Riverin, Agnès
Installation year: 
2003

Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel

Agnès Riverin, Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel, 2006Agnès Riverin, Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel, 2006Agnès Riverin, Le fleuve se creuse un passage vers le ciel, 2006
The artwork is divided into four distinct parts: two pictorial sections, a sculpted section and an engraved and oxidized steel section. In the first two sections, a bright and colorful sky g [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Riverin, Agnès
Installation year: 
2006

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

Les pieds dans la boue

Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999Jocelyne Belcourt Salem, Les pieds dans la boue, 1999
Text written on a fence in a field [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Belcourt Salem, Jocelyne
Installation year: 
1999