Photo: Tuija Seipell
Vancouver is still basking in the afterglow of the 2010 Winter Olympics and one of the best remnants of the Games is the public art that now decorates the city’s parks and buildings. For the next few weeks, Jaunted's Vancouver Embed Tuija Seipell of The Cool Hunter will be reporting on the best of the bunch.
There is no avoiding public art in Vancouver these days, especially in the downtown core and in neighborhoods within walking distance from it. New and prominent installations seem to be everywhere. In addition, the art we have accumulated recently appears to be particularly engaging and fun, as I have never seen as many people taking pictures of public art as I have this summer. People pose among the art, mimic the poses of the sculptures, climb them (although in most cases one probably shouldn’t) and give them fun names.
With the City’s Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program, the new Convention Centre’s art program, the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale, plus the many new buildings all presenting public art, it’s been a tough task to choose eight key pieces for this series of Vancouver’s Coolest Public Art, but I’ll start at the Olympic Village, which is now open to the public, and its sculpture "The Birds." ]]>
