The artists Jean-François Cooke and Pierre Sasseville live and work in Québec City, where they are known for the originality and relevance of their creations. Over the years, the duo has produced a number of large-scale projects, exploring a multitude of materials and a wide variety of techniques. Their art is marked with humour that is sometimes absurd, sometimes hard-hitting or cynical, drawing on themes that involve everyday concerns. Cooke-Sasseville’s work, based mainly on sculpture and installation, has been exhibited in a number of Québec galleries. They have presented their work in more than 10 solo exhibitions and participated in 20 major group events in Québec and Europe. They have created a number of works of public art, including Point de mire (2011), in Thetford Mines, and Le Mélomane (2011), which is in the Ville de Montréal’s collection of public art.
- 17 Artworks
- 2h
- Snowdon metro station
Parc François-Perrault
Artwork description
The artwork, a bronze sculpture resting on a concrete base, portrays an ostrich poking its head into the horn of a gramophone. The work is installed in Parc François-Perrault, near École Joseph-François-Perrault, in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough.
Le mélomane illustrates, in a playful and humorous mode, the bewitching power of music. Like the dog listening to its master’s voice, once the emblem for a record company, the ostrich is slaking its thirst at the gramophone, a historical icon of the transmission of sounds, suggesting an immersion in a world of music that opens up new realities.