Totems, Montréal, Québec
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
N 45° 29.790 W 073° 35.181
18T E 610450 N 5039079
Cette sculpture a été réalisée par Walter Redinger en 1972. This sculpture was created by Walter Redinger in 1972.
Waymark Code: WMZP24
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 12/11/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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DESCRIPTION DE L'OEUVRE

Cette composition de quatre imposantes sculptures en fibre de verre monte la garde devant l’entrée du pavillon. L’Université Concordia a hérité de l’œuvre lorsqu’elle a acquis, en 1999, l’édifice auprès du Congrès juif canadien. Imageant le passé comme le présent, les formes ont quelque chose de primitif; elles traduisent une forte individualité et une instinctivité totale. D’abord montrées à Venise dans le cadre d’une exposition internationale consacrée à la sculpture, elles constituent le deuxième élément d’une triade sculpturale intitulée Totems caucasiens. La banque d’œuvres d’art du Conseil des arts du Canada et la Stratford Art Gallery possèdent les deux autres groupes.

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ARTWORK DESCRIPTION

These four large cast-fiberglass sculptures outside the entrance represent images of past and present. The forms are primal, highly personal and unrestrainedly visceral. They were originally shown as part of the International Sculpture Exhibition in Venice and are the second part of a series of three sculpture groups called Caucasian Totems. The Canada Council Art Bank and the Stratford Art Gallery hold the other groupings. Concordia inherited the work when it acquired the building from the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1999.

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Title: Totems

Artist: Walter Redinger

Media (materials) used: Fibre de Verre, Fibreglass

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Terrace - Maison Samuel Bronfman House

Date of creation or placement: 1972

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