Denise Arsenault holds a bachelor’s degree in visual arts, with a major in sculpture and a minor in education, from the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 1980, she furthered her training with a course in metal casting (bronze and aluminum) at the École des métiers de l’est. She both participated as an artist in and was on the organizing committee for Confrontation 82 and Confrontation 83. During the 1980s, her work was included in a number of group exhibitions, including at the Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay.
Artwork description
The artwork is situated in Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier Park, near which Roland Proulx, to whom the artwork is dedicated, resided for 43 years. The square in which the sculpture sits also bears the Proulx’s name. The sculpture is an astract figure formed of simple geometric volumes assembled vertically. Made of limestone, it is presented on a base of the same material.
“I hope that my poet king will be adopted by the people of the neighbourhood, that it will remain as a testimony in people’s memories, and that it will thus make them aware of the role of art in society.”