Gratte-ciel, cascades d’eau/rues, ruisseaux… une construction (Skyscrapers, cascades/streets, streams… a building)
Three cliffs and cascades depict the cliffs of Mount Royal and the mountains represented by the skyscrapers in the urban landscape. The gutters and bridges that span them re-create an urban network as they call to mind underground water that follows a natural course from Mount Royal to the St. Lawrence River.
« L’essentiel de mon œuvre est directement lié à l’art. L’architecture en constitue le cadre métaphorique. »
(The essential elements of my work are tied directly to art. Architecture is a metaphoric framework for art.)
Melvin Charney
Municipal public art collection
Title
Gratte-ciel, cascades d’eau/rues, ruisseaux… une construction
(Skyscrapers, cascades/streets, streams… a building)
Artist
Melvin Charney
Materials
Stainless steel, concrete, pre-cast concrete and Atlantic Black granite from the Mégantic region
Production
The towers were produced by F.L. Métal inc.
Installation
Inaugurated in 1992
Acquisition
Commissioned by the Ville de Montréal
Location
Place Émilie-Gamelin
Ville-Marie borough
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