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DiavoorstellingThe Ice Storm
Contemporary Minimalism
548.0 x 304.0 cm
Vancouver Art Gallery
In January 1998 a massive ice storm struck eastern Canada and the United States, causing extensive damage to electrical infrastructure as well as widespread, long-term power outages. Many transmission towers collapsed under the weight of the ice; these massive, crumpled towers—which were part of an essential network holding this vast country together—were a testament to the crushing force of the elements. Coupland has recreated a tower that fell victim to the ice storm, a strangely elegant and biomorphic form that serves as a metaphor for the frailty that characterizes some of the national systems that bind us together. Through a wide range of media including assemblage, installation, painting, photography, sculpture and quilts, Coupland has persistently investigated Canadian cultural identity, both benign and menacing. Using imagery and objects latent with symbolic meaning for Canadians, he delineates what it means to be Canadian, offering a “secret handshake” not easily understood by others.
Douglas Coupland (1961 –)
Douglas Coupland: een Canadese schrijver en kunstenaar die Gen X, digitale cultuur en moderne maatschappij verkent. Bekend om QR-code kunst, sculpturen en doordachte werken, tentoongesteld wereldwijd.
Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, Canada)
Ontdek de Vancouver Art Gallery: een cultureel baken in Canada met meesterwerken van Emily Carr, internationale fotografie en een indrukwekkende collectie Canadese kunst in een historisch architectonisch monument.
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: The Ice Storm
- Kunstenaar: Douglas Coupland
- Oorspronkelijke afmetingen: 548.0 x 304.0 cm
- Formaat: Landscape
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Onder auteursrechtelijke bescherming
- Locatie: Vancouver Art Gallery
- Stroming: Contemporary Minimalism
- Trefwoorden: minimalist art , metal sculpture” , ice storm sculpture
- Kleurtoon: Ochre to Sepia
- Kleurintensiteit: Balanced
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