Public Artwork
A Portrait of My Grandfather
Location:
Scurfield Hall, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Lexier, Micah
Text author(s):
Lexier, Micah
Installation year:
1994 Description:
The massive sculpture, which hangs from the atrium ceiling of the University of Calgary's Scurfield Hall, is made from 29,064 laser-cut letters "x" in stainless steel. The total number of metallic "x"s represents the number of days that the artist's 79-year-old grandfather was alive.
Text of the artwork:
X
Text theme:
Life
Artwork theme:
Life, death
Dimensions:
Height:
6.7m
Diameter:
5.2m
Artist's biography:
Micah Lexier
Owner(s):
University of Calgary Document(s):
Syndicate
