Signe solaire
The work was conceived as a billboard that would run along highways, its ideal location. Displayed in this manner, the sculpture would take on a blazing and fleeting quality in the dazzling light it reflects, and would disappear just as quickly as soon as one went beyond its spatial limitations.
"One must be able to ‘read’ it in less than a second while flying past at 100 miles an hour (…) We no longer have the time to understand, as the message must hit like a bolt of lightning." - Jean Lefébure
Municipal public art collection
Title
Signe solaire (Sun sign)
Artist
Jean Lefébure
Materials
Fibreglass, epoxy resin, bronze filings
Completed
The work was created for the Canadian Centennial Exhibition and presented in Toronto by the National Gallery of Canada in 1967.
Installed
Installed in 1968 for the Man and His World exhibition
Acquisition
Purchased by the Ville de Montréal
Location
Parc Jean-Drapeau, île Sainte-Hélène
Ville-Marie borough
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