During the late afternoon, something strange, yet inviting, takes place in the Champ-de-Mars Metro.
No matter which platform you stand on, waiting for the train, beams of emerald, scarlet, burnt orange, and mauve make up abstract shapes on the concrete. These pools of coloured light come from the Metro pavilion above, as light bursts through panels of antique glass that make up Les grandes formes qui dansent by painter and stained-glass artist Marcelle Ferron.
This piece is significant to the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and the fabric of Montreal's artistic history and culture for two reasons: First, it was constructed at Champ-de-Mars station in 1968 as part of the first 10 pieces of art in Montreal’s Metro, and second, it was the first avant-garde art piece to appear in the system.
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