Photo: Elaine Ayres
Nike - photo by Elaine Ayres
Nike - photo by Elaine Ayres
Nike - photo by Elaine Ayres
West Cordova & Thurlow Street
Median on east side of Cordova at Thurlow
Gift
2014
Bronze
Sculpture
In place
City of Vancouver
City of Ancient Olympia, Greece
CommemorativeDowntown North Quadrant
Description of work

The statue Nike is a 3.8m bronze representation of the Greek Goddess of Victory. Nike is mounted on a 2.5m base at the intersection of Cordova and Thurlow Streets in downtown Vancouver.

Artist statement

Nike was donated to the City of Vancouver when Mayor Gregor Robertson and B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell were in the City of Olympia (Ancient Olympia), Greece, to inaugurate the Olympic Torch Relay leading up to 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver. The first edition of Nike was donated to Atlanta, Georgia, to mark the centenary of the modern Olympics Games in 1996. Since then other editions have been donated to other cities, including Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.

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