Point de mire | Art Public Montréal

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Point de mire

2025

Francis Montillaud

Francis Montillaud is a young artist born in the Québec City region. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in visual arts at Université Laval in 2003, where he concentrated in new media. He moved to Montréal and earned a master’s degree in visual and media arts at UQAM. He was selected to be in the Manifestation internationale d’art 3: Cynismes? de Québec, presented by curators Patrice Loubier and André-Louis Paré in 2005. In 2009, his participation in the Paysages Éphémères festival was critically acclaimed, bringing him to the notice of the public in Montréal.

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This two-part artwork commemorates the Olympic Games held in Montreal in the summer of 1976. It evokes the very essence of competition, namely the aim of athletes to win a medal. The sculptures that make up the artwork recall gold, silver and bronze, precious metals used for the crowning of athletic exploits since the modern era.

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The 1976 Games brought together approximately 9,000 athletes and officials, attracted more than three million spectators and reached more than one billion television viewers worldwide.