Village de pagodes (2017)
As installed at Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe (Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada)
14.5 x 9.32 x 3 m / 47.6 x 30.6 x 10 ft
The image of the pagoda is recognizably Chinese and associated with Chinese culture, having been used in fairs
and exhibitions (eg. the 1936 Chinese carnival pagoda in Vancouver). Among my set of pagodas are wooden models originally in
the collection of the Jesuits' Musée d’art chinois in Saint-Foy (borrowed from the Musée de la civilisation à Québec);
small plastic 'fake' ivory ones with logos of Chinese companies; cardstock ones in the
shape and form of the pagoda in Montreal’s Chinatown (in the Parc de la Pagode) that had been constructed in 1967 as part of the
City of Montréal’s plans to revitalize Chinatown and was torn down when the land was expropriated by the government;
two wooden pagoda-shaped display units; and a few readymade 3D metal model versions.
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