Public Artwork

Je te prête ma plume

Michèle Lapointe, Je te prête ma plume, 2007
Michèle Lapointe, Je te prête ma plume, 2007
Location:
Collège Jean-Eudes, 3535 Rosemont Blvd., Montréal, QC, H1X 1K7, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Lapointe, Michèle
Text author(s): 
Borduas, Paul-Émile; Derouin, René; Lepage, Robert; Goodwin, Betty; Dansereau, Pierre; Reeves, Hubert; Hallé, Francis; Ifrah, Georges; Frère Marie-Victorin
Collaborator(s): 
Rioux, René
Installation year: 
2007
Description: 
Four colourful feathers are embedded into large glass panels which are hung by stainless steel rods that represent the feathers' stalk. Motifs are then superimposed, evoking the college's different course orientations: arts, sciences, sports and communications.
Artwork theme: 
Knowledge

Dimensions:

Height: 
2m
Width: 
3m
Note(s): 

Looking at the feathers, one can see fragmented motifs that refer to the various fields of knowledge. To represent these, Lapointe chose engraved or printed text and illustrations.

Document(s): 

Je te prête ma plume

Léger, Jean-Pierre (2009).  Je te prête ma plume. Espace. 86 (Hiver/Winter) , p. 31-32