Public Artwork
Monument à la Pointe
The work is installed on a roundabout.
Monument commemorating the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles and its inhabitants. It is shaped like a boat, evoking maritime transfers. Three wooden beams support a triangular element. Its three layers have a symbolic value for the artist: the lower part, in green concrete, recalls the "Irish origins of the neighborhood"; the central element, in red bricks, connects "working class dwellings" to the area; and the three aluminium chimneys that top the upper part of the piece are a reflection of the "industrial past" of Pointe-Saint-Charles. A poem is written on a panel.
C'est un grand bateau
À la coque de forêt et de brique
Qui navigua sur nos sueurs
Un bateau sur pilotis
Qui tant de fois
Nous sauva des eaux
Gilles Mihalcean
History of the district