Photo: Ema Peter
A Rock Divided by Henrik Håkansson - photo by Toby Cowley
A Rock Divided by Henrik Håkansson - photo by Toby Cowley
A Rock Divided by Henrik Håkansson - photo by Toby Cowley
A Rock Divided by Henrik Håkansson - photo by Toby Cowley
A Rock Divided by Henrik Håkansson - photo by Ema Peter
1568 Alberni Street
Alberni by Kengo Kuma
Artwork is placed in front of the building just off the main walkway on Alberni Street very near the sidewalk.
Private development
2022
Granite boulder and glass panels
Sculpture
In place
Privately owned
City of Vancouver Private Development Program
Coal Harbour/West End Quadrant
Description of work

A Rock Divided was commissioned by Westbank Properties Corp. and 1550 Alberni Limited Partnership as part of their participation in the City of Vancouver's Public Art Program for Private Development. 

This artwork comprises a suspended 6' by 4' granite boulder which appears to be penetrating, and suspended by panels of 3 meter high sheets of glass, which have crossed through the stone so as to appear floating. It is atop a concrete pedestal.

 

 

Artist statement

A Rock Divided consists of a 6000-pound granite boulder, excavated from a quarry near Squamish BC, and cut into four equal sections that are sandwiched between panes of ¾ inch tempered glass. The intersecting glass creates a plinth, with the boulder suspended at eye level. The work seeks to reflect the seemingly static yet ever-changing relationship between the climate and our physical environment. The rock and its reflection floats, as if mirroring the moving planet, an expression of the measure of time, weight and value, contrasting with its surroundings and the sky to create its own unique ecology.

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