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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:45): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/les-noms

Les Noms

  • Artwork acquisition: Event

Les Noms [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Flickr: mamzellenix's Photostream. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Flickr: mamzellenix's Photostream. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Nicole Dextras (2008). Flickr: mamzellenix's Photostream. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndextras/) [4]
Location:
Dawson City Museum , 595 Fifth Avenue, Dawson City, YT, Y0B 1G0, Canada

Artwork identification

Alternate title: 
Les Noms (à coucher dehors)
Artwork creator(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Text author(s): 
Dextras, Nicole
Installation year: 
2009
Remarks on location: 

In front of the museum

Description: 

Names made of ice were installed in front of the Dawson City Museum in the Yukon.

Remarks on image: 
Image 1: details. First name "Aurore" in nature. Image 2-3: details. Baby Names to the Dawson City Museum.
Text of the artwork: 

AURORE

XAVIER FRANCOIS

JEAN BAPTIS

DESIRE

JB

CYRELL

MARGERITE

OVID

COME

VIVIAN

Text theme: 
Québécois first names that have fallen out of favour, taken from the 1901 Census, Dawson City Museum Archives.
Artwork theme: 

Québécois first names that have fallen out of favour, assimilation

History: 

During the residency, Nicole Dextras created 3 major projects: Les Noms, Legacy and The River's Bride. 

Event: Artist residency, Klondike Institute of Art, Dawson City, Yukon.

Date: November 10, 2008 to February 4, 2009

Artist's biography: 
Nicole Dextras [5]
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/les-noms
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/les noms.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/les noms2.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/les noms3.jpg
[5] http://www.nicoledextras.com/about/index.html
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1689
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/les-noms