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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 18:53): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/me-voici-terre-magnifique

Me voici terre magnifique

Me voici terre magnifique [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Marie-Claude Langevin [3]
Location:
École du Petit-Chapiteau, 4890 Carleton Avenue, Montréal, QC, H3W 1G6, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Forget, Normand
Text author(s): 
Forget, Normand
Installation year: 
2002
Description: 

Sculptural installation consisting of nine wall ornaments decorating the walls of a stairwell. A circular panel is placed on a wall pierced with nine small square windows. Above the first row of windows, the sentence "Me voici terre magnifique je suis une nouvelle planète" is painted in pale grey letters. Eight other rectangular panels are arranged in equal numbers on either side of the stairwell. Six panels are made of dark granite and marble plates. These are installed vertically or diagonally. Two other smaller panels are arranged horizontally.

Text of the artwork: 

Me voici terre magnifique je suis une nouvelle planète

Text theme: 
Sentence used to remember the names of the planets of our solar system
Artwork theme: 
Solar System
Owner(s): 
Commission scolaire de Montréal; École du Petit-Chapiteau
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/me-voici-terre-magnifique
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Normand Forget_Me voici, terre magnifique_0.JPG
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Normand Forget_Me voici terre_0.JPG
[4] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[5] http://plepuc.org/en/print/233
[6] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/me-voici-terre-magnifique