Œuvre d'art public

Qui fait l'ange fait la bête

Lise Labrie, Qui fait l’ange fait la bête, 1993. © Musée régional de Rimouski
Lise Labrie, Qui fait l’ange fait la bête, 1993. © Musée régional de Rimouski
Location:
Musée régional de Rimouski, 35 rue Saint-Germain, Rimouski, QC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Labrie, Lise
Text author(s): 
Labrie, Lise
Installation year: 
1993
Description: 

Finger-painted text in a stairwell. On the public side of the stairwell, there is a finger-painted text used in exorcisms and three periscopes placed in the toilets contain a censored religious image. On the private side of the stairwell, there is a miniature altar, which features a tabernacle containing moose hair, and 12 cases presented in the manner of a reliquary.

Text of the artwork: 

EXORCISMUS

 

ADJUROTE, SERPENS ANTIQUE
PER JUDICEM VIVORUM ET MOR-
TUORUM, PER FACTOREM TUUM,
PER FACTOREM MUNDI, PER EUM
QUI HABET POTTESTATEM MITTENDI
TE INGEAENNA: UT AB HOC FAMU
LO DEIN. QUI AS ECCLESIAES SINUM

.......

Text theme: 
Heaven and hell, the sacred relics and censorship
Artwork theme: 
Religious culture
Note(s): 

The miniature altar is located near the museum management offices.

Owner(s): 
Musée régional de Rimouski
Architect(s): 
Dupuis et Le Tourneux (architects)
Document(s): 

Vingt ans d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement 1981-2001

Nadeau, Lisanne (2004).  Vingt ans d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement 1981-2001. Québec : Culture et Communications Québec