| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Montréal, Québec, Canada | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1969 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Riopelle, Jean-Paul | en_US |
| dc.date | 1969 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-23T19:21:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-23T19:21:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1969 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 210501 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 955 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/118526 | |
| dc.description | General view of the fountain at play, with the CDP Capital Center in the background; La Joute (The Joust) (1969) is a public sculptural installation by Quebec sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the earlier Automatiste movement. It is presently located in the Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal (Square-Victoria or Place-d'Armes metro station). The ensemble of bronze sculptures contains a central fountain surrounded by a number of freestanding abstract animal and human figures inside and outside the fountain basin. The fountain operates on a kinetic sequence that takes about 32 minutes to complete. On the hour, nozzles in a ring surrounding the central sculpture within the basin shoot up jets of natural gas through the water; these are lit by flame sources installed in the daises of some of the sculptures, producing a dramatic ring of flame. The statue was formerly located in the Parc Olympique, in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal. Its relocation to the Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle during the redevelopment of the Quartier international de Montréal in 2003 provoked controversy. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 2/4/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | bronze | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | abstraction or non-objective | en_US |
| dc.subject | animals | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fountains | en_US |
| dc.subject | Surrealist | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Riopelle Fountain: La Joute | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | The Joust | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 6A1-RJP-RF-A6 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Canadian | en_US |
| vra.technique | casting (process) construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | fountain | en_US |
| vra.worktype | sculpture (visual work) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Jean-Paul Riopelle (Canadian sculptor, 1923-2002) | en_US |
