Public Artwork

Perennials

Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Location:
Beatty Mews Plaza, 1088 Cambie street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Steinman, Barbara
Text author(s): 
Steinman, Barbara
Installation year: 
1997
Description: 

A semi-circle of shattered glass screens with etched leaves is visible from the street and lit at night. In the courtyard is a 4,500 sq. ft. leaf-shaped pool; situated around it are black granite seats with a word carved into each like the title of a botanical drawing. The leaf pool is visible in it's entirety from the office suites above.

Text of the artwork: 

Transplanted

Wild

Perennial

Seasonal

Uprooted

Cultivated

Hybrid

Text theme: 
The interactions of humans and plants in wild and urban environments
Artwork theme: 

Nature, the city.

Note(s): 

"Chance, timing and planning have brought the cultivation of new plants, residents, architecture and even art to the city of Vancouver. Perennials is a sculptural overlay, a botanical metaphor for the constant shifts in natural and cultural landscapes and for the fragility of their survival."

 

Source: City of Vancouver (2008). Public Art Registry.

http://vancouver.ca/publicart_wac/publicart.exe/indiv_artwork?pnRegistry_No=218

Owner(s): 
Concord Pacific Group Inc.
Document(s): 

City of Vancouver Public Art Walk : Downtown Shoreline

Cole, Barbara (2002).  City of Vancouver Public Art Walk : Downtown Shoreline. <http://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/public-art.aspx>Vancouver : City of Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs

Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions

Steil, John, Aileen Stalker (2009).  Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions. Vancouver : TouchWood Editions, p. 176