Born in Montréal, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in visual arts, Marie-France Brière lived in Italy and then earned a master’s degree in visual arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal (1989). She has been very active in public art since the early 1990s, and her work can be seen in numerous public buildings all over the island of Montréal, including at the Cinémathèque québécoise, the Société des arts technologiques, and the Palais de justice de Montréal.
Artwork description
Two distinct elements construct a story in the school entrance way: the bark of a minimalist tree unravels while the silhouette of an oversized rabbit lies on the ground. From inside the building, a bird’s eye view of the art presents the animal as a pictogram, a schematic figurative drawing that children are familiar with, because they come across it in various learning experiences.