Œuvre d'art public

Perennials

Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Barbara Steinman, Perennials, 1997
Location:
Beatty Mews Plaza, 1088 rue Cambie, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Steinman, Barbara
Text author(s): 
Steinman, Barbara
Installation year: 
1997
Description: 

Piscine en forme de feuille. Sur le côté, on retrouve un mur en demi-cercle en verre où des feuilles sont gravées. Autour de la feuille, on retrouve des sièges avec des mots.

Text of the artwork: 

Transplanted

Wild

Perennial

Seasonal

Uprooted

Cultivated

Hybrid

Text theme: 
L'interaction entres les humains et la nature dans un environnement urbain et naturel.
Artwork theme: 

La nature, La Villle

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

Propriétaire(s): 
Concord Pacific Group Inc.
Document(s): 

Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions

Steil, John, Aileen Stalker (2009).  Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions. Vancouver : TouchWood Editions, p. 176

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