Œuvre d'art public

JES

Ludger Gerdes, JES,1996
Location:
Parc Laval, Laval, QC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Gerdes, Ludger
Text author(s): 
Gerdes, Ludger
Installation year: 
1996
Description: 

The work consists of three large illuminated letters. JES is a play on language: the letter "s" has been added to the pronoun "je" ("I").

Text of the artwork: 

ICHS

Artwork theme: 

Expresses the subjectivity of the plural form, encountering persons from the view point of their individuality.

History: 

Ludger Gerdes' work, JES, is the French adaptation of ICHS, a project presented in 1989 at the Haus Esters Museum in Krefeld. First seen as part of the One Hundred Days of Contemporary Art in Montreal in 1991, JES is finally shown for the first time in the context for which it was originally intended, i.e. an outdoor public space.

Event: Promenades – L’art dans la ville

Event date(s): 
1996
Note(s): 

For the artist, it is important that art be seen outside of museums, in urban and natural settings, to really disturb perception habits and reach people in their familiar environment.

Document(s): 

JES

CIAC (1996).  JES. <http://www.ciac.ca/fr/promenade-lart-dans-la-ville> : Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal

«Cent Jours» retrouvent leurs atouts. Et Claude Gosselin joue la carte de l'Art dans l'espace public...

Dostie, Bruno (1991).  «Cent Jours» retrouvent leurs atouts. Et Claude Gosselin joue la carte de l'Art dans l'espace public.... La Presse. (10 août), p. C3