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I don’t know when it was built, but I would guess during the early 1990s when they did a bunch of landscaping at Parc Jean Drapeau. And it appears to me to be the work, once again, of Soucy Aquatik, but I have no way of verifying it.
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It’s on a three minute cycle…
From the west side.
From the east side.
Blowing its spout.
It was built in 2001 by Soucy Aquatik. Originally there was a much more elaborate fountain built when the complexe was built in 1972. You can see pictures of the old fountain here.
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Last month I did some wandering around Baron de Hirsch Cemetery. It’s not a place I get to frequently, and while wandering around sort of realized I have no clue about any funeral traditions, Jewish or otherwise. While there, I discovered that Danny Kucharsky had written a book about the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery a couple of years ago. No matter how hard I try, I can’t really seem to get excited about it…
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The fountain was made in between 1992 by Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte & Associés.
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The fountain was made in between 1992 by Éric Gauthier.
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I’ve always been fascinated by this relief on the entrance to the building at 500 Saint Jacques. The building itself was built in 1960 (or so, some places say 1959) by the firm of Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett, which has now become DFS Inc.
I’ve written to them asking who is the artist who created the reliefs, but have not received a response as of yet. As soon as I do, I will let you know.
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The fountain was made in the 1983 by an unknown company.
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The fountain was made in the 1982 by an unknown company.
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Earlier this month I was out and about on Île Sainte-Hélène (hence the video of the fountain at the Biosphere…) and while I was there I snapped some shots of some of the non-Calder public art that was there.
If you want to see what it originally looked like, try this.
Jean leFébure‘s website is here.
João Charters de Almeida‘s website is here.
Yves Trudeau’s wikipedia page is here.
My new nominee for most obscure piece of public art in Montreal. Not only is it on a part of Île Sainte-Hélène where no one goes, it is half obscured by a bush! Took me over half an hour to find it. Robert Roussil‘s website is here.
The Kwakiutl website is here. Tony Hunt‘s website is here. And Henry Hunt’s wikipedia page is here.
Initially I was extremely disappointed. I was thinking it would be some grandiose fountain spewing and spouting water all over the place. Then to only find a trickle… But there is this extremely informative article on wikipedia explaining all about Wallace Fountains and their purpose. Charles-Auguste Lebourg’s wikipedia page is here.
Michel de Broin‘s website is here.
Sadly, when I was there, Obélisque oblique by Henri-Georges Adam was not viewable due to construction. I couldn’t find Migration by Robert Roussil. The Moai Head was being restored. And Oh Homme by Yvette Bisson was marked on the map, but was nowhere to be found, and does not appear on the website.
I’ve written to the Bureau d’art public asking about the three and as soon as I have any news, I’ll let you know.
Update, September 28: Oh Homme, Obélisque oblique and the Moai Head are all currently being restored. Obélisque oblique will be returned in 2013, the Moai Head within the next year, and it isn’t known when or where Oh Homme will be returned.