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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 15:49): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/aire-de-jeux

Aire de jeux

Aire de jeux [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Jean-François Landry [2]
Location:
École Sainte-Marie, 17 rue Principale, Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan, QC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Text author(s): 
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Installation year: 
1999
Remarks on location: 

The work is located in the gymnasium

Description: 

The sculpture is inserted in an aluminium box and embedded into a brick wall. The surface made of a green resin plywood and represents a playground. A median line and two goal areas mark out its borders. Two rows of stylized aligned bare feet face each other. The text is written on a wall plate.

Text of the artwork: 

AIRE DE JEUX
Faire équipe, avancer, piétiner, battre en retraite,
résister, reconquérir, l'issue est incertaine.
Vaincre avec fierté et perdre sans rancune,
les caractères se forment.
La vie se dessine à petits pas...

Text theme: 
Play
Artwork theme: 

Play

Dimensions:

Height: 
1.6m
Width: 
1.8m
Remarks: 
The aluminum box measures 1.45 x 0.3 x 0.15m.
Owner(s): 
Commission scolaire de l’Énergie; École Sainte-Marie
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/aire-de-jeux
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Jean-Pierre Gaudreau_Aire de jeux_0.JPG
[3] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[4] http://plepuc.org/en/print/226
[5] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/aire-de-jeux