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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 17:55): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/perennials

Perennials

Perennials [1]

image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [2]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [3]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [4]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [5]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [6]
Location:
Beatty Mews Plaza, 1088 Cambie street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Artwork identification

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.

Dimensions:

Remarks: 

Wall: 2.43m x 9.75m x 6.35cm

Nine seats: 6.09m x 6.09m x 6.35cm

Pool: 4,500m²

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 [7]

Artist's biography: 
Barbara Steinman [8]
Owner(s): 
Concord Pacific Group Inc.
Source: 
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
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Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions
Steil, John, Aileen Stalker (2009).  Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions. Vancouver : TouchWood Editions, p. 176
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/perennials
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0147.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0148.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0149.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0146.jpg
[6] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0150.jpg
[7] http://vancouver.ca/publicart_wac/publicart.exe/indiv_artwork?pnRegistry_No=218
[8] http://www.bsteinman.ca/index.html
[9] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[10] http://plepuc.org/en/print/2006
[11] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/perennials