NEW public art and art installations in your city

[Martin Mtl]

Art piece by Nicolas Baier erected in 2012 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Place Ville Marie.


Self-Portrait by Jerome Olivier on Flickr


Nicolas Baier, Autoportrait, Place Ville-Marie, 2012 by Retis on Flickr


Nicolas Baier, Autoportrait, Place Ville-Marie, 2012 by Retis on Flickr


Nicolas Baier, Autoportrait, Place Ville-Marie, 2012 by Retis on Flickr

[Denscity]

Castlegar has now become the Sculpture Capital of Canada. We have 50 sculptures displayed outside in our downtown this year. SculptureWalk started 3 years ago with the art on display year round. Every year people vote for their favourite and the city buys the winner and permanently displays it. Artists are from Canada, US, and one from Belgium this year.

sculpturewalkcastlegar.com

[kwoldtimer]

Various installations around town until June 29th for the CAFKA 14 biennial arts festival that got underway this weekend. These are all in downtown Kitchener.

http://www.cafka.org/cafka14/it-should-always-be-way

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by Denscity

Castlegar has now become the Sculpture Capital of Canada. We have 50 sculptures displayed outside in our downtown this year. SculptureWalk started 3 years ago with the art on display year round. Every year people vote for their favourite and the city buys the winner and permanently displays it. Artists are from Canada, US, and one from Belgium this year.

sculpturewalkcastlegar.com

Wow I had no idea! Thanks for sharing Denscity.

[Denscity]

^^^ Ya we just became the sculpture capital of Canada this May. And rereading the title of this thread 32 of this years 50 outdoor sculptures are NEW as of last month.

[Jeff]

billboard on Isabel street in Winnipeg recently:

[thmx]

Here's a new public art piece to be installed next year in front of the 177-year-old Hamilton Farmers' Market...

@cityofhamilton - "Farmers’ Market District Public Art Competition awarded to artist David Hind." - more info

[LINK] Review artist's proposal and images (PDF)

[DizzyEdge]

Originally Posted by Denscity

Castlegar has now become the Sculpture Capital of Canada. We have 50 sculptures displayed outside in our downtown this year. SculptureWalk started 3 years ago with the art on display year round. Every year people vote for their favourite and the city buys the winner and permanently displays it. Artists are from Canada, US, and one from Belgium this year.

sculpturewalkcastlegar.com

So that's really interesting, would makers of largish sculptures typically find the financing to create them on spec hoping to win? For some reason I figured most sculptures displayed in cities were paid for in advance.

[Chadillaccc]

These figures constantly walk around the sculpture. It's on 24/7, in the East Village.





3D hands doing a Cats Cradle. Also in the EV


http://heavyindustries.ca/calgarys-p...-field-manual/



Along the East Village RiverWalk...


http://heavyindustries.ca/calgarys-p...-field-manual/




And another EV one...


http://heavyindustries.ca/calgarys-p...-field-manual/




And Solar Flare on Stephen Avenue.

Solar Flare-5 by Ken Wiebe, on Flickr

[J.OT13]

Gotta say I'm not a fan of the hands. There just to freakin' creepy.

[Chadillaccc]

Chinook Arc a really cool interactive, brand new installation in Calgary.


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[kwoldtimer]

Interesting piece in the Record on Kitchener's decision to set aside funds for the maintenance of its public art and industrial artifacts (a collection of wonderful machinery scattered around town as an homage to the local industrial heritage).

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/...ts-public-art/

[SpongeG]

gumhead by douglas coupland recently installed in vancouver


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[SpongeG]

this was temporary for the TED conference


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[Martin Mtl]

I like that giant "desk lamp".

[ScreamingViking]

Ikea sells 'em.

(seriously though, what a great idea)

[davidivivid]

New art installations in Quebec City:

















http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/art...eux-quebec.php

[kwoldtimer]

That Campbell's Tomato Soup installation could have gone from ho-hum to wryly subversive if it had been a tin of Habitant Pea Soup.

[davidivivid]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

That Campbell's Tomato Soup installation could have gone from ho-hum to wryly subversive if it had been a tin of Habitant Pea Soup.

Hahaha! Especially true since it's name actually is French-Canadian pea soup!! That being said, it would have been a lot less visually appealing... that yellow ...


http://www.campbellsoup.ca/fr-ca/pro...soupe-aux-pois

[ue]

Those are some pretty cool public art installations, Quebec City! Le Belle Province really seems to punch above its weight when it comes to public art.