On the back page of Avenue, we feature a work of art in Calgary that is interesting, sometimes surprising and always available for the public to see. Here's a look...
Work Of Art
Five years after it disappeared from its former site in Ramsay, this sculpture has found a new home in Calgary's East Village neighbourhood....
Aaron Sidorenko's Old School Selfie is a thoughtful, slow self-portrait in an era of ubiquitous phone selfies....
This five-tier stone sculpture chronicles the history of Chinese people in Canada and offers a serene focal point within Sien Lok Park beside the Bow River....
The halls of Mount Royal University’s School of Communications Studies are a fitting setting for this painting, as so much depends on your perspective....
Listerine is one of a series of sculptures called Uyarak/Stone by Kablusiak, a young Inuvialuk artist and curator who is attracting notice with exhibitions, projects and awards....
This artwork uses three different forms of data-based art — audio feed, paving design and LED light display — operating on location in real time....
Inspired by a lone soldier almost forgotten, the artist created a 35-foot-high enduring memorial in Central Memorial Park....
This work combines embroidery and digital animation to create an artform known as “embroidermation.” You can see it at Arts Commons now....
In 2006, this earth-toned mural was almost lost to development before being moved 20 blocks to its new home at the North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre....