Art

[Bigtime]

Mrs. Bigtime and I went to check out our new art addition this evening, not quite fully assembled yet and missing the stain glass but looking pretty awesome anyways. Here are my pics!

PS: Thanks whiney Vancouver condo owners!

[jeffwhit]

Wow, I had no idea that it was going up now, I thought they'd wait until Ramsay Exchange was ready for move in. I'm going to go check it out.

[O-tacular]

So if the sculpture is only on a 5 year loan to the Glenbow, won't it pretty much be out of there by the time Ramsay Exchange is complete?

[Wooster]

Love it! Thanks for grabbing some pics.

[defaultuser]

09/10/08

[ExcaliburKid]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Mrs. Bigtime and I went to check out our new art addition this evening, not quite fully assembled yet and missing the stain glass but looking pretty awesome anyways. Here are my pics!

PS: Thanks whiney Vancouver condo owners!

So....it's been placed in an industrial area of town? Public art is great, but this makes my eyes water. No wonder Van didnt want it

[Wooster]

Originally Posted by ExcaliburKid

So....it's been placed in an industrial area of town? Public art is great, but this makes my eyes water. No wonder Van didnt want it

It's on the periphery of a residential area - transitioning to industrial land. However, this land is planned to be transormed into this in the fullness of time by the developer Torode.

It will incorporate into Ramsay Exchange:

[Bigtime]

Great pic Defaultuser, I drove by on my way home yesterday and saw them putting up the glass!

[ExcaliburKid]

^^
Ah i see. That will suit it much better! Looks pretty good!

[defaultuser]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Great pic Defaultuser, I drove by on my way home yesterday and saw them putting up the glass!

Thanks! I'm guessing it should be done by today, but who knows. It looked like quite the process just to put the "glass" on.

Oh and I've only seen him briefly on the news, but I think the guy in the white shirt was Torode.

[Bigtime]

I thought that looked like Torode in your picture, pretty sure it was then. I haven't had a chance to talk to him in a while. His son is the owner of Cafe Rosso there in Ramsay Exchange.

[Jimby]

Originally Posted by defaultuser

Thanks! I'm guessing it should be done by today, but who knows. It looked like quite the process just to put the "glass" on.

Oh and I've only seen him briefly on the news, but I think the guy in the white shirt was Torode.

I think Torode is the guy in the suit beside the guy in the white shirt.
Nice pic of the red glass Defaultuser!
I want to check it out at night when the lighting is on it.

[Bigtime]

I'm thinking he is the white shirt, grayer hair and shorter. Let's derail this into a "which guy is Torode?" thread!

[defaultuser]

haha! I'll upload a higher res. crop when i get home and hopefully it'll end this debate!

[defaultuser]

as you can clearly see..... well, maybe not.


here's another shot anyway..

[Bigtime]

That's John on the left, no doubt about it. I win! What do I win though? Perhaps the church after 5 years?

[Jimby]

I would make a lousy papparazzi!

[Boris2k7]

Model for new $2 million Stampede Park sculpture unveiled

Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald
Published: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

CALGARY - The original wax model for a monumental $2 million bronze sculpture was unveiled Tuesday by the Calgary Stampede.

By the Banks of the Bow, a collaboration by Alberta sculptors Rich Roenish and Bob Spaith, depicts two cowboys on horseback driving 13 horses across the Bow River and up onto a bank. The work's theme celebrates the role of the horse in the history of Calgary and western culture.

When the group of 15 figures is installed in 2010, just south of the Corall in Stampede Park, it will be one of the largest bronze sculptural groupings in North America.

Covering an area of 1,250 square feet, the sculpture will be about "the size of a three-bedroom bungalow in Haysboro," says Stampede president George Brookman.

The figures of horses and riders are 1.25 life size. The head of a six-foot-tall man standing under the front of the sculpture would not reach the raised hooves of the first leaping horse.

Funding for the work has come from one donor who wishes to remain anonymous.

By the Banks of the Bow is the first of 10 artworks to be sited by the Stampede around Calgary as part of its plan to make Stamped park a year round destination for Calgarians and tourists.


© Calgary Herald 2008

Accompanying Herald Picture and description:

Calgary Stampede president George Brookman is joined by artists Bob Spaith, left, and Richard Roenisch at the unveiling of plans for a 15-piece bronze statue Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Stampede headquarters.

Stuart Gradon/Calgary Herald

We must have the highest number of horse statues per capita in the world already...

[O-tacular]

We must have the highest number of horse statues per capita in the world already...

Yes. and the most indistinguishable number of horse statues. Honestly, how can this tripe be worth 2 million? I guess maybe the sheer volume of bronze, but what a waste.

[MalcolmTucker]

I am just glad that the Stampede is getting the horses out of their system for the first of the 10 pieces they plan to commission.

Comtemporary experimental art in the other 9 places please!