NEWSLETTER

As Host City for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the City of Vancouver initiated its most ambitious public art program to date. The $5.95 million program features artworks created especially for the 2010 Winter Games by some of today’s most exciting established and emerging contemporary artists from Vancouver , Canada and the world, such as Rodney Graham, Ken Lum, Geoffrey Farmer and Michael Lin. The collection includes more than 25 permanent and temporary public art works, ranging from grand light-based works and sculptural installations at iconic landmarks, to celebratory works in the heart of the city’s communities. The City also partnered with the Vancouver Art Gallery and Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad on several large-scale outdoor projects.

Permanent artworks are listed below :

Gunda Förster, Ice Light - Vancouver City Hall - West 12 Avenue & Cambie Street

Ken Lum, Monument for East Vancouver - Clark Drive & East Sixth Avenue

Tania Ruiz Gutiérrez, Garde-temps - Under the Cambie Street Bridge @ West Second Avenue

David MacWilliam, Kingsway Luminaires - Kingsway at Knight Street

Myfanwy MacLeod, The Birds - Southeast False Creek Olympic Plaza (Installation in Spring 2010)

Rodney Graham, Aerodynamic Forms in Space - Georgia Street entrance to Stanley Park

Ron Terada, THE WORDS DON’T FIT THE PICTURE - Vancouver Central Library – South Plaza

Adrian Göllner & Pierre Poussin, Boulevard - Cambie Street corridor and Hamilton & Mainland Streets

Christian Kliegel, Walk In / Here You Are (2010). Central Library, North Plaza.


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To see the entire Olympic and Paralympic Public Art collection, visit:

http://olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/cityhighlights