Sculpture :
Location : Robson Street & Jervis, Vancouver
Media : Painted tubular steel
Jasper is a Legacy piece of the Vancouver Biennale made by Brooklyn-based artist John Clement. Legacy pieces remain in the city for all to experience contemporary sculpture, while creating and encouraging an appreciation of art in public spaces. This sculpture of intertwining steel spirals has commanded the attention of passersby and been a favourite of all ages since it was installed in Vancouver in 2005. Children can often be seen playing on and around this whimsical sculpture with its enticing bright circular form.
Clement's trademark steel spirals look like they could roll and sway; they read like thick strong curved lines drawn in space. The turns and loops of Jasper challenge the inherent properties of this rigid material, tubular steel. The result is an implied movement, finished with brilliant, primary colours that work to amplify the sense of it twisting out of the ground. Clement relies heavily on the intuitive artistic practice, working through sketches and allowing the work to evolve into a sculptural form.
Clement is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and later interned with the American master Mark di Survero. Clement has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. In addition to his work being displayed permanently in Vancouver, other public installations are in New York, California, Florida, Texas as well as Switzerland.
For more information visit the artwork page on www.vblearn.ca
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Jasper
Artist :John Clement
USALocation : Robson Street & Jervis, Vancouver
Media : Painted tubular steel
Jasper is a Legacy piece of the Vancouver Biennale made by Brooklyn-based artist John Clement. Legacy pieces remain in the city for all to experience contemporary sculpture, while creating and encouraging an appreciation of art in public spaces. This sculpture of intertwining steel spirals has commanded the attention of passersby and been a favourite of all ages since it was installed in Vancouver in 2005. Children can often be seen playing on and around this whimsical sculpture with its enticing bright circular form.
Clement's trademark steel spirals look like they could roll and sway; they read like thick strong curved lines drawn in space. The turns and loops of Jasper challenge the inherent properties of this rigid material, tubular steel. The result is an implied movement, finished with brilliant, primary colours that work to amplify the sense of it twisting out of the ground. Clement relies heavily on the intuitive artistic practice, working through sketches and allowing the work to evolve into a sculptural form.
Clement is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and later interned with the American master Mark di Survero. Clement has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. In addition to his work being displayed permanently in Vancouver, other public installations are in New York, California, Florida, Texas as well as Switzerland.
For more information visit the artwork page on www.vblearn.ca
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