Figures en Lisières - Montréal, Québec
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N 45° 27.417 W 073° 38.405
18T E 606326 N 5034613
Cette sculpture, située au 7141 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, a été réalisée par Marie-France Brière en 2011. This sculpture, located at 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, was created by Marie-France Brière in 2011.
Waymark Code: WMZQZC
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 12/25/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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DESCRIPTION DE L'OEUVRE

Rappelant une carrière de pierre, cette sculpture tient sans conteste du monument : poids de quinze tonnes, hauteur de six mètres!

Cela dit, elle n’en suggère pas moins une subtile analogie : strates à vif du roc d’un côté; avancées concrètes de la recherche de l’autre… Incrustée à la verticale, une lame de métal réfléchissant offre non seulement un point de vue inédit sur le matériau, mais également une évocation de l’observation au microscope.

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ARTWORK DESCRIPTION

Weighing more than fifteen tons and standing twenty feet high, this monumental work takes its inspiration from the landscape of stone quarries.

The artist relates the exposure of the layers of a quarry’s strata to the scientific investigations taking place on this campus. By inserting a reflective metal blade between the stones, new vantage points for exploring the carved surfaces are created, not unlike what is discovered through a microscope.

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Title: Figures en Lisières

Artist: Marie-France Brière

Media (materials) used: acier inoxydable, granit noir d’Afrique, marbre blanc de Géorgie - african black granite, georgian white marble, stainless steel

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Université Concordia, Centre de génomique structurale et fonctionnelle (campus Loyola) -Concordia University, Research Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Loyola campus

Date of creation or placement: 2011

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