Sculpture :
Location : Broadway and City Hall Canada-Line Station
Media : Cast iron
These eighteen enormous, headless cast iron figures by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz appear to be walking aimlessly without the guidance of reason or sight. The figures appear menacing, as they are robotic, ancient and without heads. The figures were identically cast, but later given subtle individual identities through various surface treatments. The sombre tone and sheer weight of the figures make reference to both time and loss. This monumental sculpture is a Legacy piece from the 2005-2007 Vancouver Biennale.
Walking Figures is part of a group of 106 figures cast simultaneously in her studio in Poland; another set comprised of 106 figures, titled Agora is on permanent installation in Chicago's Grant Park. An agora was a meeting place in ancient Greece, it was the place where some of the world's most important ideas and theories were born and developed, and most quintessentially, where concept of democracy began. There was no citizen above the law and anyone had power to vote for anything and everything, all laws were posted in the agora for all to see, it was an unbiased way of life.
For more information visit the artwork page on www.vblearn.ca
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Walking Figures
Artist :Magdalena Abakanowicz
PolandLocation : Broadway and City Hall Canada-Line Station
Media : Cast iron
These eighteen enormous, headless cast iron figures by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz appear to be walking aimlessly without the guidance of reason or sight. The figures appear menacing, as they are robotic, ancient and without heads. The figures were identically cast, but later given subtle individual identities through various surface treatments. The sombre tone and sheer weight of the figures make reference to both time and loss. This monumental sculpture is a Legacy piece from the 2005-2007 Vancouver Biennale.
Walking Figures is part of a group of 106 figures cast simultaneously in her studio in Poland; another set comprised of 106 figures, titled Agora is on permanent installation in Chicago's Grant Park. An agora was a meeting place in ancient Greece, it was the place where some of the world's most important ideas and theories were born and developed, and most quintessentially, where concept of democracy began. There was no citizen above the law and anyone had power to vote for anything and everything, all laws were posted in the agora for all to see, it was an unbiased way of life.
For more information visit the artwork page on www.vblearn.ca
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