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

Tree of Knowledge, fragments

Tree of Knowledge, fragments [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Nancy Chew & Jacqueline Metz [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Nancy Chew & Jacqueline Metz [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Nancy Chew & Jacqueline Metz [4]
Location:
North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Chew, Nancy; Metz, Jacqueline
Text author(s): 
Various: Salinger, Jerome David; Aristotle
Installation year: 
2008
Description: 

Engraved images carved into bluestone suggest fragments of a magnificent tree, shadows of the Tree of Knowledge. Dappled amongst the imagery are literary quotes personally selected by library donors. Each piece contributes to the whole, while remaining individual.

Text of the artwork: 

Incomplete

The woman I am
Is not what you see
Move over love
Make room for me

 

The energy of the mind is the essence of life
Aristotle (selected by Sophie, Tony, Sienna Salcito)

 

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot
J.D. Salinger (selected by Michael Mok)

Text theme: 
Literature
Artwork theme: 

The imprint of the community on the plaza

Artist's biography: 
Metz & Chew [5]
Owner(s): 
North Vancouver City Library
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  • Printer-friendly version [7]
  • Fr [8]


Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/tree-of-knowledge-fragments
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/sb4bb3a27da5523.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/sb4bb3a2684d16b.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/sb4bb3a2743a96b.jpg
[5] http://www.metzchew.com/
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/en/print/2047
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/tree-of-knowledge-fragments