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Perennial Love

Denise Oleksijczuk, Perennial Love, 2005Denise Oleksijczuk, Perennial Love, 2005
Artwork creator(s): 
(June Blake) Oleksijczuk, Denise
Installation year: 
2005

Native Hosts

Edgar Heap of Birds, Native Hosts, 1991Edgar Heap of Birds, Native Hosts, 1991
Native Hosts consists of 12 aluminum signs that reference the relationship between First Nations and British Columbia. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
1991

Insurgent Messages

Edgar Heap of Birds, Insurgent Messages for Canada, 2007
Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Installation year: 
2007

Placed Upon the Horizon (Casting Shadows)

Source : Photo transmise par Marc André BrouilletteSource : Photo transmise par Marc André Brouillette
A text written in yellow cedar is embedded on the Southern façade of the Vancouver Art Gallery, above the columns. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Weiner, Lawrence
Installation year: 
1990

Welcome to the Land of Light

Henry Tsang, Welcome to the Land of Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteHenry Tsang, Welcome to the Land of Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteHenry Tsang, Welcome to the Land of Light, 1997. © Marc André BrouilletteHenry Tsang, Welcome to the Land of Light, 1997. © Marc André Brouillette
Aluminum letters spelling out phrases in Chinook (an early coastal trading language) and English are placed along the railing of the sea wall, in two parallel lines. Coloured light pulses through an i [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Tsang, Henry
Installation year: 
1997

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

Mother Tongue/First Language Learned

Elizabeth Roy, Mother Tongue/First Language Learned, 2004Elizabeth Roy, Mother Tongue/First Language Learned, 2004Elizabeth Roy, Mother Tongue/First Language Learned, 2004
Words on the roof of a building [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Roy, Elizabeth
Installation year: 
2004

Sliding Edge

Jacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003. © Marc André BrouilletteJacqueline Metz & Nancy Chew, Sliding Edge, 2003
Along the seawall, a rough yet elegant waterfall made of black rundle stone is installed; the stacked, linear, irregular stone edges are abstractions of geological layers. Standing on top of the water [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Metz, Jacqueline; Chew, Nancy
Installation year: 
2003

Weave

Douglas Senft, Weave, 2002. © Marc André BrouilletteDouglas Senft, Weave, 2002. © Marc André BrouilletteDouglas Senft, Weave, 2002. © Marc André BrouilletteDouglas Senft, Weave, 2002. © Marc André Brouillette
The work addresses the history of Coal Harbour and is comprised of four parts. 1) Three bronze rings (8' diameter) and one bronze half-ring (15' in diameter) are cast into the paving stones that [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Senft, Douglas
Installation year: 
2002
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