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General term for rock that has been cut, shaped, crushed, or otherwise formed for use in construction or other purposes.

New Currents, An Ancient Stream

Gwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André BrouilletteGwen Boyle, New Currents, An Ancient Stream, 1994. © Marc André Brouillette
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. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Boyle, Gwen
Installation year: 
1994

Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide

Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Two sculptural elements are installed along the False Creek shoreline, between the Burrard and Granville bridges, and below the pump station: a circle of stones and a concrete ring resting on columns. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vaughan, Don
Installation year: 
1996

Déplacements et autres mouvances

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Déplacements et autres mouvances, 2000
Arrows painted on a rocky outcrop in the centre of town point us toward the top of the cape, from where we discover a cityscape dominated by mining facilities. Made up of foreign-sounding names, these [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Installation year: 
2000

CREDO

Studios Hooper &  Darren Byers, CREDO, 2008
In the sculpture, an older man contemplates the draught of a document quietly; beside him kneels the small figure of himself at the age of seven. At that time, he lived in Hampton and, all through his [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hooper Studios; Byers, Darren

Them Us Now

Deeter Hastenteufel, Them Us Now, 2000
This artwork consists of three parts: a pile of stones, a pyramid and a boat made of wooden sticks. The words "Us" is located inside the pyramid, "Now" appears on a bed of rocks at the bottom of the [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Hastenteufel, Deeter
Installation year: 
2000

[PRODUCING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN...]

Lance Belanger & Kitty Mykka, [PRODUCING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN...], 2003Lance Belanger & Kitty Mykka, [PRODUCING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN...], 2003Lance Belanger & Kitty Mykka, [PRODUCING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN...], 2003Lance Belanger & Kitty Mykka, [PRODUCING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN...], 2003
Lance Belanger and Kitty Mykka have made a deceptively simple piece that divides the path into two branches by laying out a line of stones in the middle. The 'art path' they have created has three sec [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Belanger, Lance; Mykka, Kitty
Installation year: 
2003

Obelisk

Catholic School Board Students, Obelisk, 1975Catholic School Board Students, Obelisk, 1975
Obelisk of mosaics [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Catholic School Board Students
Installation year: 
1975

A Mari Usque Ad Mare

Joe Chomistek, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, 1984
Rock carving depicting a map of Canada and the nation's Coat of Arms. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chomistek, Joe
Installation year: 
1984

Catching Neutrinos

Darci Mallon, Catching Neutrinos, 2005Darci Mallon, Catching Neutrinos, 2005Darci Mallon, Catching Neutrinos, 2005
The cone highlights historic headlines from the Edmonton Journal over the past 100 years. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Mallon, Darci
Installation year: 
2005

Compass Rose

Justin Wonnacott, Compass Rose
This work combines a simplified image of the Ottawa area landscape, as seen from a satellite, with a drawing of a surveyor's sextant over the city, which partly obscures the word "domic [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Wonnacott, Justin
Installation year: 
2003
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