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URL source (Obtenu le 2021-11-10 09:32): http://plepuc.org/fr/node/175

L’Inversion du monde

L’Inversion du monde [1]

icône image/jpegSource: Purdy Richard (2009). Richard Purdy. (http://www.richardpurdy.ca/) [2]
icône image/jpegSource: Purdy Richard (2009). Richard Purdy. (http://www.richardpurdy.ca/) [3]
icône image/jpegSource: Purdy Richard (2009). Richard Purdy. (http://www.richardpurdy.ca/) [4]
Location:
Productions Éloize (formerly the National Circus School), 417 Berri street, Montréal, QC, H2Y 3E1, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Purdy, Richard
Text author(s): 
Purdy, Richard
Collaborator(s): 
Hébert, François (assistant) ; Lebel, Jean (technical assistance)
Installation year: 
1989
Remarks on location: 

The installation is located in the lobby, under the rotunda.

Description: 

Sculptural and environmental installation featuring a floor mosaic, a suspended sculpture and a high relief affixed to the ceiling of the rotunda. First, a polychromic mosaic on the ground represents a gridded map of the world, where continents are shown as aquatic masses and the oceans as continents. Second, brass words are inlaid into the mosaic - Pacifica, Atlantica, Indica, Arctica. Third, suspended to the ceiling, a mirror crescent moon reflects the image of the Earth and hides a globe in its upper section. Last, a star protruding from the rotunda completes the composition.

Text of the artwork: 

Pacifica Atlantica Indica Arctica

Text theme: 
The world
Artwork theme: 
The art work as a whole evokes "imaginative thinking" by presenting a "world in reverse."
History: 
The work was created from January to April 1989.

Dimensions:

Diameter: 
4.8m
Remarks: 
The area covered by the work is 60.30 square meters.
Artist's biography: 
Richard Purdy [5]
Propriétaire(s): 
Productions Éloize
Document(s): 
Le principe d’inversion chez Richard Purdy
Fry, Jacqueline (1990).  Le principe d’inversion chez Richard Purdy. Parachute. no. 58 (Avril - Mai) , p. 16-23
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[1] http://plepuc.org/fr/node/175
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/inversion-detail.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Richard Purdy_ Inversion du monde(1).jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/L'inversion du monde_0.jpg
[5] http://richardpurdy.ca/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/fr/print/175
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/l-inversion-du-monde