Œuvre d'art public
Perennials
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
Artist's biography:
Barbara Steinman
Propriétaire(s):
Concord Pacific Group Inc. Document(s):