page_title: Michel de Broin
section_title: Interdisciplinary practice
hierarchical_section_title: Michel de Broin / Interdisciplinary practice
caption_attribution_description: English: L'Arc - Salvador Allende Memorial art piece in Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Created by artist Michel de Broin and erected on September 11, 2009 Français&#160;: L'Arc - Monument en hommage à Salvador Allende installé au Parc Jean-Drapeau à Montréal, Québec, Canada, le 11 septembre 2009
context_page_description: Michel de Broin is a Canadian sculptor. De Broin has created numerous public artworks in Canada and Europe, including the Salvador Allende monument in Montreal. He was the recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award.
context_section_description: Since the 1990s, Michel de Broin has developed an interdisciplinary practice that questions the limits of social and technical systems. He often incorporates humour and playfulness in his work, but also critique. Energy and resistance are recurrent themes in his practice. De Broin also uses video, performance, drawing, photography and found objects in his work. Many of the objects he has created consist of a détournement of familiar objects and forms that turn back against themselves to show their internal paradoxes. Conceptual art is a source of inspiration for his practice. For example, in his show "Dangerous Substance" (Matière dangereuse, 1999), he reinterpreted Kasimir Malevitch's famous "black square on white ground".
caption: L'Arc, 2009, monument to Salvador Allende, Montreal
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