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Flower Totems
Photo: Sam Carter
Flower Totems - photo by Sam Carter
Kingsway & King Edward Ave
Median
Centre of green space
Other
1980
Steel
Sculpture
In place
City of Vancouver
Description of work
Three steel vertical poles hold silhouettes of stylized flower forms enamelled in different primary colours.
Artist statement
"Shin (neutral), Soi (sunny) and Tai (shady) are three essential components to Ikebana (Japanese Flower arranging). The red forms are romantic, the blue calm and stoic, the yellow energetic" (Excerpt from artist statement)
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