New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:28:22 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Boyle, Gwen

Artwork creator(s):

Boyle, Gwen

Text author(s):

Da Vinci, Leonardo

Text author(s):

Da Vinci, Leonardo

Collaborator(s):

Green, Anita

Installation year:

1994

Remarks on location:

At the southwest corner of Bute and Alberni Streets; runs alongside the ground floor of the Palisades Apartments.

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Marc André Brouillette

Description:

A series of connecting high and low pools, with a waterfall made of overlapping black slate. A large glacial boulder sits in the upper pool and an identical cast bronze replica sits in the lower pool. Inscription cast in concrete beside the waterfall.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

In rivers, the water you touch is the last of what has passed, and the first of that which comes; so with time present.

Text theme:

Flow of time

Artwork theme:

Symbolic reclamation of the past and recognition of change

History

History:

The artwork took almost two years to complete.

Dimensions

Other information

Note(s):

This work marks the site of one of 49 salmon rich streams that once flowed through Vancouver to the sea. Time is symbolized by an "erratic" - a boulder formed by magma and sea water - and its doppleganger cast in bronze.

Private development

Sponsoring organization: Westbank Projects (real estate developer)

Donor: Monterey Properties Ltd. / Pacific Palisades Hotel Ltd.

Artist's biography:

Gwen Boyle

Author's biography:

Leonardo da Vinci

Owner(s):

City of Vancouver

Document(s):

New current, an ancient stream: a water project at 1200 Alberni Street, Vancouver, BC

Community Services. Cultural Services. Public Art Registry. Artwork: New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Autour et de très près

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:18:39 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dutkewych, Andrew

Artwork creator(s):

Dutkewych, Andrew

Text author(s):

Dutkewych, Andrew

Text author(s):

Dutkewych, Andrew

Installation year:

1992

Remarks on location:

The sculpture is located at Pavillon Thérèse Casgrain

Artwork description

Source: Galerie UQAM (2008). Art public de la Galerie UQAM. (http://www.galerie.uqam.ca/Collection/art-public.htm)

Description:

Sculpture and fountain incorporating a circular basing and four elements carved in granite, all of which are topped with a slab. The base of each element is an upside down face, carved in bas-relief. According to the artist, this refers to what is "intelligible and sensitive." A light system is integrated to the basin. The water flows continuously from the top slab. Four other blocks of granite, arranged around the basin, bear an inscription.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Vertu Mémoire Union Harmonie

Text theme:

In Roman mythology, the terms were the protectors of bounds. Four blocks of stone around the fountain and each carries a inscription that reflect the scope of this monument: Memory, harmony, unity, virtue.

Artwork theme:

Emotion

Dimensions

Height:

2.15m

Width:

1.8m

Diameter:

1.8m

Other information

Note(s):

Engraved on the basin :

AUTOUR ET DE TRÈS PRÈS 1992
ANDREW DUTKEWYCH

Artist's biography:

Andrew Dutkewych

Owner(s):

UQAM

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Water

New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Autour et de très près

Engraved on the basin :