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Affranchir La Ligne | Public Sculptures by Eric Sauvé | Centre sportif Desjardins in Coaticook. Item composed of wood
Affranchir La Ligne | Public Sculptures by Eric Sauvé | Centre sportif Desjardins in Coaticook. Item composed of wood
Affranchir La Ligne | Public Sculptures by Eric Sauvé | Centre sportif Desjardins in Coaticook. Item composed of wood
Affranchir La Ligne | Public Sculptures by Eric Sauvé | Centre sportif Desjardins in Coaticook. Item composed of wood
Affranchir La Ligne | Public Sculptures by Eric Sauvé | Centre sportif Desjardins in Coaticook. Item composed of wood
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Affranchir La Ligne | Public Sculptures by Eric Sauvé | Centre sportif Desjardins in Coaticook. Item composed of wood

Created and Sold by Eric Sauvé

Eric Sauvé

Affranchir La Ligne - Public Sculptures

Featured In Centre sportif Desjardins, Coaticook, Canada

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wood, suspended sculpture
Title is affranchir la ligne, a public art commission for the lobby of a sports complex, plays with the iconography of the gym floor, bending wood into curves and twists like floorboards set free. The freeform curves evoke the energy of athletes and the rebellious adolescent quest for identity. The artwork is composed of two pieces. In one, five boards seem to emerge from the wall and probe the space around it. In the second piece, suspended over the lobby, a dozen boards unfurl from a central radius creating a whirlwind of wood.

Like the floor in the adjacent gymnasium, the work is made of maple and painted with colored lines. Unlike the floor, in the artwork the wood is shaped by bent lamination and the colored lines are fractured as the boards go their separate ways.

The title affranchir la ligne means literally to set the line free. It also calls to mind the common expression franchir la ligne: to cross the line – like the winner of a race or a rule-breaker, liberty and virtuosity combined.

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Created by Eric Sauvé
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Eric Sauvé
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Eric Sauvé lives in Montreal, and has also worked in residencies at Sagamie in Alma, Quebec , Hangar in Barcelona and Est-nord-est in St-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec. His permanent public artworks include commissioned sculptures in the lobby of the Kirkland Public Library and the Salle Jean-Grimaldi in Montreal , the Grand Theatre in Calgary, the Orford Arts Centre and the Usine C Theatre in Montreal. He has also created temporary on-site installations at places such as the Chateau de Tours, France and the Esplanade of the Place Des Arts in Montreal. His solo gallery exhibitions include Circa gallery in Montreal, the New Gallery in Calgary, the Sala Muncunill in Spain, the Darling Foundry in Montreal and the Centre des Arts Contemporains du Québec à Montréal, among others.