Optimax - Montréal, Québec
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N 45° 30.054 W 073° 35.595
18T E 609902 N 5039558
Cette sculpture a été réalisée par Kosso Eloul en 1964. This sculpture was created by Kosso Eloul in 1964.
Waymark Code: WMZP60
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 12/12/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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DESCRIPTION DE L'OEUVRE

Optimax, comme toutes les œuvres du Symposium qui a lieu dans le parc du Mont-Royal de 1964, est installée dans le secteur des « glades » (la clairière), comme l’a désigné l’architecte paysager Frederick Law Olmsted. Cette œuvre abstraite est faite de deux éléments. Une base de béton armé de forme trapézoïdale, dont la façade comprend un retrait, sert de socle à un volume géométrique de calcaire composé de deux cubes reposant sur un volume triangulaire originalement rouge. La surface de ces formes dénote un contraste dans leur traitement : alors que les cubes sont texturés, voire rugueux, le triangle est lisse. La sculpture entretient un rapport étroit avec la topographie du lieu : le socle est perpendiculaire au sentier qui la borde et épouse la dénivellation du terrain.

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ARTWORK DESCRIPTION

Optimax, like all of the artworks produced during the International Sculpture Symposium that took place in Mount Royal Park in 1964, is installed in the clearing that the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted called “the glades.” This abstract artwork is made of two elements. The trapezoid-shaped reinforced-concrete base, the façade of which slants backward, serves as a pedestal for a geometric limestone volume composed of two cubes resting on a triangular volume, which was originally red. The surface of each of these forms has been treated differently: whereas the cubes are textured, even rough, the triangle is smooth. The sculpture is in close relation to the topography: the base is perpendicular to the footpath on its edge and matches the slope of the terrain.

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Title: Optimax

Artist: Kosso Eloul

Media (materials) used: béton, calcaire - concrete, limestone

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Parc du Mont-Royal - Mount Royal Park

Date of creation or placement: 1964

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