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Two articles on Public Art

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Last week it seemed like forgotten public art was all the rage. Both François Cardinal in La Presse and Emmanuel Delacour from QMI wrote articles about Fonte modulaire by Robert Roussil and Iris by Raoul Hunter respectively.

If anyone is looking for other forgotten public art that has fallen into disrepair. I got a short list: Mastodo by Charles Daudelin, Forces by Claude Theberge, Jackie Robinson by Jules Lasalle, Comme si le temps… de la rue by Pierre Granche, Stained Glass by Alfred Pellan at the Bar Pellan in Place des Arts, Girafes by Robert Roussil, Affinité by Hans Schleeh, Trialogue by Hans Schleeh, Trente Deux Fois Passera La Derniere S’Envolera by Pierre Granche.

Art, Métro, Montréal, Photo Essay, Public Art, Sculpture, Visual Art

Metro Verdun

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One of the more obscure metro stations in town, it is a rather interesting piece of architecture. Set up kind of like an iceberg, where what is on top does not reveal the size of what is below.

The entrance at 4520, rue de Verdun
The entrance at 4520, rue de Verdun
The entrance at 4525, rue de Verdun
The entrance at 4525, rue de Verdun
Approaching it from rue Willibrord
Approaching it from rue Willibrord
Interesting support system for the roof.
Interesting support system for the roof.
The back of 4525, rue de Verdun
The back of 4525, rue de Verdun
Looking very 60s
Looking very 60s
The interior of 4525, rue de Verdun
The interior of 4525, rue de Verdun

Opened on September 3, 1978, it was designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé (who also designed 172, 80e Avenue in Lasalle, the École Marguerite-De Lajemmeraisand 5500, boulevard Lasalle) with artistic intervention by Antoine D. Lamarche and Claude Théberge (who also did the reliefs on the de L’Eglise metro station)

The tunnel linking the north and south entrances.
The tunnel linking the north and south entrances.
Looking down about 70 feet.
Looking down about 70 feet.
The cross hatching and the orange, purple and white lines are the art.
The cross hatching and the orange, purple and white lines are the art.
That's a humongous space!
That's a humongous space!
Cool looking lamps.
Cool looking lamps.
More cool looking lamps.
More cool looking lamps.
More cross-hatching
More cross-hatching
From the overpass looking down the train tunnel.
From the overpass looking down the train tunnel.

That’s my favorite view in the station. Very futuristic from a 1960s/70s perspective. Very Battlestar Galactica.

The view across the platform.
The view across the platform.
The view further down the platform.
The view further down the platform.
The view on the platform.
The view on the platform.

More information about the Verdun metro station can be had here and on Wikipedia.