Champ-de-Mars glass vandalized
Some of the glass panels at Champ-de-Mars station have been shattered by vandals. The daughter of the late artist, Marcelle Ferron, had already pointed out that putting an area of landscaping rocks around the station was an invitation to trouble. Turns out she was right.
Ian 19:38 on 2019-07-26 Permalink
If you really want to break a window in a city there’s always something around. I think this might have more to do with the part of town it’s in, and how it has gone downhill over the years. This used to be a huge foot traffic corridor popular with tourists but it’s been an industrial wasteland maze for years… with some pretty glass.
qatzelok 21:22 on 2019-07-26 Permalink
Marcelle Ferron was an Automatiste. This group of artists concluded, after WW2, that humans couldn’t create beauty intentionally, only by pure luck. This is why they often conceived of their work by throwing paint at a canvas, or applying paint while blindfolded, etc.
I’m not sure how this act of vandalism fits into her genre.
Kate 10:46 on 2019-07-27 Permalink
Only a nutbar would welcome the random destruction of a major piece like that. It’s Ferron’s best known piece and a real gem in the metro network.
Ian, I agree you can find things to throw, but a bed of handy-sized rocks right next to a feature like that is begging nasty people to throw them.
david100 12:02 on 2019-07-27 Permalink
Rock beds and tan bark beds should be barred from landscaping more generally. Just super ugly and messy.
Mr.Chinaski 17:51 on 2019-07-28 Permalink
The current place is temporary and was done by the MTQ (that’s why it is full of gravel) and will be replaced in a couple of years by the real Place des Montréalaises.