Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Surroundings (roof / clouds)
Alternate Title:
Parages (toit / nuages)
Image View:
Detail of one polypropylene hanging printed with digital images; cutaway view (without roof) of bakery from above
Creator:
Alain Paiement (Canadian installation artist, born 1960)
Location:
repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada) 2003.04.02; 2003.04.03
Location Note:
National Battlefields Park; 179 Grande Allée Ouest; Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
GPS:
46.801106-71.225064
Date:
2002 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Canadian
Style Period:
Twenty-first century
Work Type 1:
installation (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Digital proofs on polypropylene and videogram, sound
Technique:
collage (technique); construction (assembling)
Measurements:
270 cm (height) x 752 cm (length, both pieces)
Subjects:
cityscape; contemporary (1960 to present); genre; street scene; bakery; apartment
Description:
Alain Paiement (born 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian artist. His work is mainly made from photography in the form of installations, sculptures, and photomontage. His themes are related to geography, topography and architecture and mainly concerned by the construction of vision. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-PAIEMENT-PAP-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Surroundings (roof / clouds)