All Posts Tagged With: "art installation"
Iron Man
Modern and medieval ideas are applied in Jordi Bonet’s work, Iron Man, found on West Campus in front of the south entrance to Duncan McArthur Hall. Born in Barcelona in 1932 and having moved to Quebec in 1954, Bonet is known for his large ceramic murals. More of his works such as the Our lady [...]
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Time
In the early 1970′s, members of the Kingston community suggested the city erect a sculpture in between the Queen’s smokestack and the water purification plant. In honour of Kingston’s Tercentenary (300th birthday), Ontario, Quebec and the federal government all made donations of about $50,000 each which was used to commission three sculptures. The first of [...]
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Sakkarah
Saqqara is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt which features the world’s oldest step pyramid. Artist Victor Tolgesy used this idea to name his large scale sculpture found on Queen’s campus. The work was commissioned in 1971 by the Department of Mathematics and was originally placed in the sunken courtyard on the east side [...]
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Thataway Again
Henry Saxe is an internationally recognized sculptor whose works are in the collections of every major gallery and museum in Canada. Born in Montreal, he lives and works in Tamworth, ON. His works have been displayed in Kingston on numerous occasions but one work that is a constant is his sculpture Thataway Again which sits [...]
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Ground Outline
This week’s featured outdoor art is a piece that has had Queen’s students and faculty, community members, and tourists baffled for years. I remember when I was at Queen’s and I had no idea this was even a piece of art. Many students just assumed it was left over from some structure that had once [...]
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Five Sculptures on Topological Themes
This week’s featured large scale outdoor art is once again on Queen’s campus. Five Sculptures on Topological Themes is located just south east of Jeffrey Hall on University Avenue (across form Grant Hall). The work is a group of sculptures made from a combination of materials: terrazzo, portland cement, marble chips and epoxy and created [...]
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Bent Yellow
This is the second installment of our look at large scale artwork in Kingston. This week’s piece is called Module No. 6 – Bent Yellow and was created by Canadian artist, Raymond Spiers. The work sits in the north courtyard of Duncan McArthur Hall on Queen’s campus and was commissioned by the Art Purchase Committee [...]
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A Minute of My Time
This is the first installment of what I hope to make a weekly series featuring outdoor art around Kingston. There is so much of it, some of which we walk by everyday without taking the time to really look and ponder why it is there. I’d like to begin on Queen’s campus with the Agnes [...]
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Detection Services
On a recent stroll down Kingston’s main drag, I was drawn towards a small crowd that was gathered in front of the old arcade, located just down from the corner of Princess and Montreal. Since the arcade closed it’s doors a few years ago, the space has served as a temporary exhibition venue, whereby local [...]
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