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Four Horsemen
1989
François Houdé
1950 - 1993

Sculpteur verrier, François Houdé fait figure de précurseur dans l’utilisation de nouvelles techniques d’intégration du verre dans les œuvres d’art. En 1988, il devient le premier Canadien à être invité au Symposium international du verre, en ex-Tchécoslovaquie. Aujourd’hui, son œuvre innovante est célèbre dans le monde entier.

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Acquisition mode
Politique d'intégration des arts à l'architecture et à l'environnement, Government of Quebec
Materials
glass, metal
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Location
Location
Location
Concordia University, Vanier Library (Loyola Campus)
Localization
Library stairwell
Adress
7141 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal, QC
Accessibility
Accessible during University operating hours

Artwork description

Composed of about 300 industrial glass blocks, this work is the last of his works known as the Ming Series. Using horses as a pretext to create a metaphor of building civilizations, Houde creates a dialogue between ideas borrowed from the history of literature, art and science: sandcasted glass depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Durer; a metal arch representing a Medieval church portal; sandblasted glass simulating a fragment of the Parthenon frieze; and a movement study by Eadweard Muybridge.