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art of the city
Outdoor instalments bring life to Winnipeg’s
urban spaces By Jared Clinton
Atruly vibrant art scene cannot be contained
within four walls. Rather, it fills
lanes, avenues and alleys with colour.
In Winnipeg, such examples of beautification
dot downtown corridors and district streets.
❚ Water falls, fog bounds and light emits from
Bill Pechet’s 10-metre tall emptyful. This stainless
steel beaker represents Winnipeg’s vast spaces
and endless opportunity.
❚ Sentinel of Truth is Darren Stebeleski’s monument
to libraries, censorship’s perils and makes
visiting the Millennium Library Park a must.
❚ The 400-foot Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries
Heritage Wall re-creates the western facade of
Upper Fort Garry and pays homage to Metis
settlement, the fur trade and the establishment
of Winnipeg.
❚ Created by worldrenowned
artist Ai
Weiwei, the 1,254-bicycle
structure known as
Forever Bicycles stands
tall at The Forks and symbolizes
loss of freedom.
❚ Bernie Miller’s Light Through, featuring
16 perforated stainless steel panels, skirts the
Disraeli Bridge and illuminates at night to
detail the bridge’s history.
❚ Bokeh, Takashi Iwasaki’s fanciful play on
arco lamps, intrigues by day and brightens
Kildonan Park by night.
❚ Gordon Reeve’s Agassiz Ice, inspired by the
glacial lake once covering the province, protrudes
from the bank of the river near Assiniboine
Park’s Portage Avenue entrance.
❚ Symbolizing St. Vital’s citizens’
strength during the extreme flooding
of 1950 is Collin Zipp’s Watershed
(pictured)at the St. Anne’s and St.
Mary’s junction. These five vibrant
canoes bear reference to neighbourhood
history and commemorate
the water levels of
Winnipeg’s most
devastating floods.
For more outdoor art,
visit the Winnipeg Arts
Council’s website at
Winnipegarts.ca
Photography: D Works Media/Winnipeg Arts Council
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ciao! / summer / two thousand twenty