La naissance | Art Public Montréal

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La naissance

1993

Claude Millette

Claude Millette, born in Saint-Hyacinthe, received his education at the École de sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, complemented by apprenticing internships with Robert Poulin and Jordi Bonet. His works have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and are in the collections of, among others, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée d’art de Joliette, and the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent. Among the 20 works of public art that he has produced is L’amphore cryogénique, created for a commission by the Ville de Pointe-Claire to mark the new millennium. The artwork includes a time capsule.

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The sculpture is composed of a curved vertical element anchored in an inclined steel base. The vertical element is topped by a concave element on which is balanced an openwork cylinder.

The artwork is an exploration of the cyclical process of nature and the vulnerability of human beings to the powerful forces of creation and destruction. The sculpture is an evocation of the space-time duality.