#243 Public Art
The "Commerce Canoe" created by Illarian Gallant is situated in Bastion Square...Although I appreciate all types of art, this particular piece seems out of place in this area in my humble opinion. This nine-metre-long aluminum canoe hanging among 11-metre-high steel green reeds capped with red fibreglass seedpods was erected last year and cost $90 000.
The "Commerce Canoe" created by Illarian Gallant is situated in Bastion Square...Although I appreciate all types of art, this particular piece seems out of place in this area in my humble opinion. This nine-metre-long aluminum canoe hanging among 11-metre-high steel green reeds capped with red fibreglass seedpods was erected last year and cost $90 000.
11 comments:
This public art is fabulous - and love both backgrounds!
Sorry, why? I don't get the significance.
Even though this "object d'art" may appear to be out of place, perhaps that is the whole objective of it being where it is. Perhaps it is to call attention to the fact this is a place where commerce takes place - but other than that, I don't get the artist's message. For something so out of whack (:D) you did a pretty nifty presentation of it.
I love seeing all these neat places in your part of the country. This looks like a particularly fun place to visit. Not sure about the sculpture, though.
It's an interesting piece. It's kind of crazy, though, how much city/county governments pay for "art". They wanted to hang large amounts of christmas lights over our downtown area as a downtown art feature. Thankfully, that got vetoed!
Well, it certainly is unique! I find it hard to understand why they would spend all that money it though. Great photos of it!
Really great shot! I love the perspective!
Interesting sculpture and you did a cool job capturing the way the public interacts with it.
Intersting art. A bit pricey!! Nice shots.
It does seem to fit well physically but hmmmm...
I like the perspective change between the two images. In the first I have no idea of scale, I just see the flowers (reeds?) and in the second image the size of the object snaps into place. Nicely done.
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