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Last year, Montrealers were invited to share their visions for the new Pine\/Park interchange. Eventually, something will be done with the two parcels of land straddling Park Avenue just south of Pine, but for the time being, they are sitting empty, covered with turf and nothing else. Glen Lemesurier, the Mile End artist whose sculpture garden along Van Horne Avenue, next to the CPR tracks, has won him a lot of attention, was fed up with the dilly-dallying, so he decided to take matters into his own hands. Earlier this week, he installed a sculpture made from scavenged material painted in a soothing shade of blue. In Tuesday’s La Presse, Rima Elkouri chatted with Lemesurier<\/a> about his work. <\/p>\n

Depuis quelques jours, apr\u00e8s avoir reconnu son empreinte dans l’oeuvre d’art de l’\u00e9changeur Parc-des Pins, des gens viennent le voir en disant: \u00abHey! Glen! C’est toi qui as fait \u00e7a?\u00bb Certains pensaient qu’il avait gagn\u00e9 un concours d’art lanc\u00e9 par la Ville. Il aurait bien aim\u00e9. Le seul hic, c’est qu’il n’y a pas eu de concours. \u00abDe toute fa\u00e7on, je ne gagne jamais de concours et je m’en fous!\u00bb dit l’artiste qui a tout de m\u00eame r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 se faire remarquer par le Cirque du Soleil et l’h\u00f4pital Douglas, pour qui il a cr\u00e9\u00e9 des oeuvres.<\/p>\n

Bien que l’arrondissement du Plateau Mont-Royal ait lanc\u00e9 l’automne dernier une vaste consultation citoyenne pour d\u00e9terminer la vocation de ces nouveaux espaces et que l’id\u00e9e de lancer un concours ait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9voqu\u00e9e, on nous dit qu’il faudra une nouvelle consultation \u00e0 l’automne pour en savoir davantage. \u00abOn n’en \u00e9tait encore pas \u00e0 savoir si l’on met de l’orange dans la salle de bain mais plut\u00f4t \u00e0 d\u00e9terminer o\u00f9 serait la salle de bain\u00bb, m’explique, de fa\u00e7on imag\u00e9e, Marc Snyder, conseiller politique de la mairesse de l’arrondissement.<\/p>\n

Ne consultant que son impatience et son intuition artistique, Glen Lemesurier a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que la salle de bain serait bleue et qu’il \u00e9tait le gagnant autoproclam\u00e9 d’un concours qui n’a jamais eu lieu. L’oeuvre, qui n’est qu’une maquette, pr\u00e9cise-t-il, s’appelle Kalliopie, du nom de la d\u00e9esse grecque de la musique. Du nom aussi de la serveuse pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9e de Glen dans le casse-cro\u00fbte qui lui sert de deuxi\u00e8me maison, avenue Bernard Est. \u00abIls me nourrissent depuis tant d’ann\u00e9es!\u00bb<\/p>\n

L’\u00e9tonnante d\u00e9esse grecque est donc descendue du \u00abpick-up\u00bb d’un ami de l’artiste, mardi dernier vers 16h30, pour s’asseoir sans demander la permission au beau milieu de l’\u00e9changeur Parc-des Pins. Elle est faite de tuyaux de chemin\u00e9e, de conduits de ventilation et de bidons d’huile recycl\u00e9s. Le tout peint d’un bleu ciel \u00e9clatant destin\u00e9 \u00e0 apaiser les automobilistes qui descendent \u00e0 vive allure la c\u00f4te de l’h\u00f4pital Royal Victoria vers l’avenue du Parc. \u00abLes gens s’arr\u00eatent quand ils voient l’oeuvre. Et leur visage change. \u00c7a les calme.\u00bb<\/p>\n

Pourquoi l’artiste a-t-il senti l’urgence de faire na\u00eetre une oeuvre d’art l\u00e0? Parce que \u00e7a le d\u00e9mangeait. Parce qu’il trouve que l’administration municipale met trop de temps \u00e0 accoucher. \u00abCe qu’ils font en un an, je le ferais en 20 minutes!\u00bb lance-t-il, sourire en coin. Parce qu’il aime Montr\u00e9al, mais constate qu’en mati\u00e8re d’art public, la Ville est en retard. \u00abAllez voir ce qui se fait \u00e0 Toronto! Allez voir ce qui se fait en Suisse! L\u00e0-bas, m\u00eame dans les petites villes, l’art est dans la ville et cela va de soi!\u00bb<\/p>\n

Le message de sa d\u00e9esse grecque au pied du mont Royal? \u00abArt rocks! Let’s do it!\u00bb lance l’artiste anglophone dont le p\u00e8re est gasp\u00e9sien et la m\u00e8re, franco-ontarienne.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve already left Montreal, so I have no idea whether the sculpture is still standing or city workers have taken it away. Anyone?<\/p>\n

Photo Marco Campanozzi, La Presse<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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