#vanbiennale

"Walking Figures" by Polish Artist Magdalena Abakanowicz • Group of three cast iron statues that resemble large headless people in movement. • Dimensions: 284 X 91.5 x 133 cm (112 x 36 x 52 inches) each - Weight: 650 kg (1433 lbs) each • This installation is part of a series of artworks on loan from the @van_biennale to @artsontheave • The Vancouver Biennale is a non-profit organization that exhibits art in public spaces to encourage community engagement and social action. •Artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (Born: June 20, 1930, Falenty, Poland Died: April 20, 2017, Warsaw, Poland) was a contemporary Polish artist known for her textile sculptures of biomorphic forms. The sense of uniformity in her works evoke the loss of identity in the face of an overwhelming cultural collective—a reference to her time spent living under a Communist regime. “Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence,” she has said. “It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.” • According to the Vancouver Biennale website: “"Walking Figures" appear to be walking aimlessly without sight, and the sombre tone makes reference to both time and loss. A larger group of figures, cast simultaneously in the artist’s studio, is titled Agora and is on permanent display in Chicago’s Grant Park. An agora was a meeting place in ancient Greece where the concept of democracy began. There was no citizen above the law, and everyone had power to vote. It was an unbiased way of life. This sculpture is a Legacy Artwork from the 2005-2007 Vancouver Biennale.” • "Walking Figures" will stay in Edmonton for the next two years. 118th Avenue at 89th Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Source: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/edmonton/2020/11/4/1_5175076.html , http://www.artnet.com/artists/magdalena-abakanowicz/ & https://www.vancouverbiennale.com/artworks/walkingfigures/ #WalkingFigures #MagdalenaAbakanowicz #VanBiennale #yegarts #yeg #yeggers #sculpture #publicart #community #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada #AlbertaAve #webelievein118 #godisinthedetails #details #art (at Alberta Avenue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHp82hpHvti/?igshid=ow5fvnaru7p7

“The Meeting” (part 2) • Collection of 8 painted bronze figures by artist Wang Shugang (b. 1960, China)• Dimensions (H X W): 92 x 75 cm (36 x 30 in) each - Weight: 100 kg (220 lbs) each • This installation is part of a series of artworks on loan from the @van_biennale to @artsontheave • The Vancouver Biennale is a non-profit organization that exhibits art in public spaces to encourage community engagement and social action. • Artist Wang Shugang, who states he is translocating Chinese reality to Canada. Known as the pioneer of China’s politically charged cynical realism, Shugang, as stated in the press release, “playfully and astutely mocks the history and political events of the cultural revolution and Maoist China.” Shugang is well known for painting his pieces solid in either red, black, white, or bronze; the red — commonly known as Chinese red — is often associated with the Chinese government and communism. • “The Meeting” is located across the street from “Love Your Bean” 118th Avenue at 92nd Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Source: https://edifyedmonton.com/urban/community/the-meeting-on-arts-on-the-ave/ #TheMeeting #WangShugang #VanBiennale #red #ChineseRed #yegarts #yeg #bronze #bronzesculpture #yeggers #sculpture #publicart #community #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada #AlbertaAve #webelievein118 #godisinthedetails #details #art (at Alberta Avenue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHk6KZuHegW/?igshid=10h47tuxukdjx

“The Meeting” • collection of 8 painted bronze figures by artist Wang Shugang (b. 1960, China)• Dimensions (H X W): 92 x 75 cm (36 x 30 in) each Weight: 100 kg (220 lbs) each • This installation is part of a series of artworks on loan from the @van_biennale to @artsontheave • The Vancouver Biennale is a non-profit organization that exhibits art in public spaces to encourage community engagement and social action. • Artist Wang Shugang, who states he is translocating Chinese reality to Canada. Known as the pioneer of China’s politically charged cynical realism, Shugang, as stated in the press release, “playfully and astutely mocks the history and political events of the cultural revolution and Maoist China.” Shugang is well known for painting his pieces solid in either red, black, white, or bronze; the red — commonly known as Chinese red — is often associated with the Chinese government and communism. • “The Meeting” is located across the street from “Love Your Bean” 118th Avenue at 92nd Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Source: https://edifyedmonton.com/urban/community/the-meeting-on-arts-on-the-ave/ #TheMeeting #WangShugang #VanBiennale #red #ChineseRed #yegarts #yeg #bronze #bronzesculpture #yeggers #sculpture #publicart #community #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada #AlbertaAve #webelievein118 #godisinthedetails #details #art #FotoQuartet (at Alberta Avenue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHii77GH17c/?igshid=1sfccg1hk4kbq

“Love Your Bean” • Polished fibreglass resin sculptures • Artist: @cosimocavallaroart • This installation is part of a series of artworks on loan from the @van_ biennale to @artsontheave • The Vancouver Biennale is a non-profit organization that exhibits art in public spaces to encourage community engagement and social action. • According to Cosimo Cavallaro, the bean is the truest shape to create, a shape that occurs naturally through process. Unlike a perfect circle that can be traced, a bean is an organic shape, one that cannot be easily duplicated and one that changes with each person that creates it. • Cosimo Cavallaro is an artist and filmmaker. He was born in Montreal in 1961 to Italian immigrants and grew up in both Canada and Italy. He became internationally renowned for his use of food in installation art as a symbol of desire and excess, and is now based in the United States—where he most recently built a cheese wall along the Mexico border. • "Love Your Bean" will stay in Edmonton for the next two years. 118th Avenue at 92nd Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Source: https://www.artsontheave.org/love-your-bean & https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/edmonton/2020/9/18/1_5111086.html. #loveyourbean #VanBiennale #yegarts #yeg #yeggers #sculpture #jellybeans #publicart #community #Edmonton #Alberta #Canada #AlbertaAve #webelievein118 #godisinthedetails #details #art #FotoQuartet (at Alberta Avenue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHfdxACpu8d/?igshid=1os811osq2dz0

Last trace of the blue trees. #thebluetrees #vanbiennale #newwest #newwestminster #vancouver #newwesthorticulture

I’m at #WowWestminster #VanBiennale ⛱ @van_biennale #CoolPlace 😍 #NewWest (at Westminster Pier Park)

#WowWestminster #VanBiennale ⛱ @van_biennale (at Westminster Pier Park)

Beans 💛🔵🔴 #VanBiennale #PublicArt #CharlesonPark @van_biennale @vanparkboard 😍😎 (at Charleston Dog Park @ False Creek)