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La Voie lactée
Artist	Geneviève Cadieux
Year	1992
Medium	Light panel (ink, translucent canvas in aluminum casing)
Subject	Female lips wearing lipstick
Dimensions	183 cm × 457 cm (72 in × 180 in)
Location	Roof of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°30′28″N 73°34′00″W
Owner	Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

La Voie lactée (transl. "The Milky Way") is a public artwork by Canadian artist Geneviève Cadieux. Since its unveiling in 1992, it has stood on the roof of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), in the Quartier des spectacles district of Montreal. It consists of a light panel depicting, in extreme close-up, Cadieux's mother's lips wearing red lipstick.

La Voix lactée

French English

Bien avant les images et les couleurs
La source du chant s'imaginait
À bouche fermée
Comme une chimère captive

Long before images and colours
The source of the song was imagined
With closed mouth
Like a captive chimera.

—Anne Hébert: from ?