Public Art in Vancouver
By Richard Eriksson on April 3, 2004 - 1:05pm
Todd links to in interesting public art program put on by the City of Vancouver:
Vancouver’s Public Art Program seeks to incorporate contemporary art practices into city planning and development. The Program funds art-making of many kinds, from single-artist commissions to artist collaborations with engineers, designers, and communities. The Program intent is to provide for the creation of art that express the spirit, values, visions, and poetry of place that collectively define Vancouver.
Todd approves:
wherever you find public art, you are almost sure to find one thing surrounding it: discussion. People can’t seem to help reacting vocally to works of public art. They praise it, they reflect on it, they hate it, they just don’t get it. But they rarely ignore it.
It seems to me that the only thing spectacular about Vancouver's public art is that it is nearly invisible. With a few exceptions, the lack of risk and balls in anything that seems to get funding is the most remarkable thing i can see.