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Les jours d’été quand le fleuve monte à l’assaut des murs, hommage à Marie Uguay
2006
Marie-France Brière

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.

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Details
Category
Mixed Media
Acquisition mode
Public commission from the Ville de Montréal
Materials
book, felt, marble, plaster
Overall size
86 x 117 x 10 cm
Technique(s)
multiple techniques
Support
wood
External link
Location
Location
Location
Bibliothèque interculturelle de Côte-des-Neiges
Adress
6767, chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal (Québec) H3S 2T6
Accessibility
Accessible during Library opening hours

Artwork description

The artwork consists of a grid formed of book shapes and made of felt laid over an abstract composition made of marble, plaster, and sliced books. Paying tribute to the Québec poet Marie Uguay, Brière produced this artwork to meet the main constraint of the competition: the theme of the book. The artwork testifies to the sculptor’s love of working with materials and abstraction activated as a poetry of forms.