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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 16:03): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/kristallnacht-nuit-de-cristal

Kristallnacht (Nuit de cristal)

Kristallnacht (Nuit de cristal) [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: MCCCQ (2004). L’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l'environnement. Bilan 2002-2004. Québec: MCCCQ [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: MCCCQ (2004). L’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l'environnement. Bilan 2002-2004. Québec: MCCCQ [3]
Location:
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, 5151 de la Côte Ste–Catherine Rd., Montréal, QC, H3W 1M6, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Text author(s): 
Lemieux, Lisette
Installation year: 
2003
Description: 

The artwork is shaped as a frieze panel and installed along three of the lobby's walls. The black frieze panel is pierced with words in French, English, Hebrew and Yiddish. The cut-out first layer opens onto a second layer made of broken glass that is lit from behind, evoking Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass" when Jewish storefront windows were shattered in November 1938.

Text of the artwork: 

APPRENDRE RESSENTIR SE SOUVENIR TO LEARN TO FEEL TO REMEMBER

Text theme: 
History, Responsibility
Artwork theme: 

History, Racism, Prejudices

Architect(s): 
Ibghy, André (architect)
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/kristallnacht-nuit-de-cristal
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Lisette_Lemieux_Nuit de_0.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Lisette Lemieux_Nuit de cristal_0.jpg
[4] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[5] http://plepuc.org/en/print/170
[6] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/kristallnacht-nuit-de-cristal