Art on the move
Take a self-guided tour of the city's finest outdoor art
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A-maze-ing Laughter
Vancouver is home to some 350 outdoor
art installations, many of them sponsored
by the Vancouver Biennale, a non-profit
organization celebrating art in public spaces.
Take a tour of a featured few by following
the seawall, the 22-kilometre (13-mile)
scenic path along the city's coastline. Walk
a portion of the paved path, or rent a bicycle
to see it all.
Beginning at the Vancouver Convention
Centre, look for The Drop, a large blue
raindrop crafted by Inges Idee, a reminder of
both the preciousness of water as a resource
and its pervasive presence in Vancouver
in the form of rain. To the west, you'll find
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Echoes
the 2010 Olympic Cauldron, a legacy of
the 2010 Winter Games held in Vancouver.
Nearby is the seemingly pixellated Digital
Orca, "making a familiar symbol of the West
Coast become something unexpected and
new," according to renowned local artist
Douglas Coupland.
Following the seawall around the perimeter
of Stanley Park, you can't miss the
remarkable Brockton Point totem poles.
A treasured legacy of Canadian history
dating back as far as the 1920s, some of
these intricately carved and beautifully
painted totem poles came from the Haida
Gwaii. A little further on, perched atop a
Photos: TVan/Clayton Perry;
Vancouver Biennale/Dan Fairchild Photography
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