Location:
École élémentaire Saint-Joseph, 3 ch. Du Collège, Lacolle, QC, Canada
Artwork identification
Artwork creator(s):
Primeau, Daniel-Jean
Text author(s):
Students of the school
Installation year:
1998
Remarks on location:
The work is located in the glass corridor connecting the school to the public library.
Description:
The work is composed of rectangular red clay plates, which are arranged to form a wavy relief on a blue-painted wall. Seen from afar, the art work as a whole evokes a bird taking flight.
Text of the artwork:
Excerpt from a book
Text theme:
Literature
Artwork theme:
Literature Dimensions:
Height:
2.51m
Width:
6.6m Note(s):
Upon completion of the work, the school's 330 students had been invited to write a passage from a book that they had read and loved on one of the plates.
Owner(s):
Commission scolaire des Hautes-Rivières; École élémentaire Saint-Joseph 
