{"id":848,"date":"2020-08-20T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T15:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stephenschofield.ca\/?page_id=848"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:08:50","slug":"fr-paradise-poolen-paradise-pool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.stephenschofield.ca\/en\/expositions\/expositions\/fr-paradise-poolen-paradise-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"PARADISE POOLS | 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"

Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradise Pools is composed of four separate figurative sculptures. Employing numerous materials and eclectic and anachronistic elements, the heavy, imposing works are related both formally through a repetition of line, gesture and colour and through a common inversion of paradisical imagery. As the title \u201cParadise Pools\u201d suggests, this inverted image of paradise conforms more closely to that held by contemporary suburban garden and pool installation companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extract from communiqu\u00e9, 26 March 1985 – 20 April 1985, Paradise Pools, Mercer Union, Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026In this paradise, the Virgin kicks up her heels under her glass veil, the minimal planes of the pool bear the traces of an angel on the diving board, the hardworking fellow demonstrates a sexualized creation that isn\u2019t procreation and the fiery wheels both guard us from and lead us to paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Schofield<\/p>\n\n\n

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Paradise Pools<\/em>, 1983, installation view Mus\u00e9e d’art contemporain de Montr\u00e9al, at la Cit\u00e9 du Havre.
4 roues de feu <\/em>(foreground), ceramic and pigments, 97 x 97 x 46 cm <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Ruche de feu<\/em>, 1983, ceramic and pigments, 97 x 97 x 92 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Les Bonhommes<\/em>, 1983, ceramic, fabric, clay slip and pigments, 100 x 100 x 66 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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La Vierge<\/em>, ceramic and glass, 100 x 100 x 97 cm, 1983 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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La Vierge <\/em>(detail), ceramic and glass, 100 x 100 x 97 cm, 1983 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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La Piscine<\/em>, slate, encaustic, wood, 132 x 102 x 102 cm, 1983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photos \u00a9 Yvon Boulerice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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