Qui fait l'ange fait la bête

Source: Courtesy of the Musée régional de Rimouski [2]

Source: Courtesy of the Musée régional de Rimousk [3]

Location:

Musée régional de Rimouski, 35 rue Saint-Germain, Rimouski, QC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Labrie, Lise

Text author(s):

Labrie, Lise

Installation year:

1993

Description:

Finger-painted text in a stairwell. On the public side of the stairwell, there is a finger-painted text used in exorcisms and three periscopes placed in the toilets contain a censored religious image. On the private side of the stairwell, there is a miniature altar, which features a tabernacle containing moose hair, and 12 cases presented in the manner of a reliquary.

Text of the artwork:

EXORCISMUS

ADJUROTE, SERPENS ANTIQUE
PER JUDICEM VIVORUM ET MOR-
TUORUM, PER FACTOREM TUUM,
PER FACTOREM MUNDI, PER EUM
QUI HABET POTTESTATEM MITTENDI
TE INGEAENNA: UT AB HOC FAMU
LO DEIN. QUI AS ECCLESIAES SINUM

.......

Text theme:

Heaven and hell, the sacred relics and censorship

Artwork theme:

Religious culture

Note(s):

The miniature altar is located near the museum management offices.

Owner(s):

Musée régional de Rimouski

Architect(s):

Dupuis et Le Tourneux (architects)

Document(s):

Vingt ans d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement 1981-2001

Nadeau, Lisanne (2004). Vingt ans d’intégration des arts à l’architecture et à l’environnement 1981-2001. Québec : Culture et Communications Québec

Qui fait l'ange fait la bête

Qui fait l'ange fait la bête [1]

Artwork identification