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Thursday January 1st, 2015 Public Art Installation North Shore News Readers’ Choice 2015 winner! Public Art Installation. The Meeting, Ray Sargent Park, North Vancouver. North Shore News Readers’ Choice 2015 winner! Learn more Tuesday December 23rd, 2014 Ai Weiwei plants F Grass as part of the Vancouver Biennale Yes, the official launch of Ai Weiwei’s Vancouver Biennale sculpture, F Grass, took place in the Twitter-verse, but the real-world unveiling was pretty nifty, too. On a recent, rainy morning, a cadre of soggy but determined workers and volunteers removed construction fencing, erected signage, then finally and dramatically rolled away the big blue tarpaulins that had been covering the work. Their labours revealed a large, low platform on which are mounted over a thousand hexagonal “tiles”, each tile bearing three “tufts”, each tuft composed of five “blades of grass”, the entirety creating an outsized, double- barred, calligraphic F. F as in freedom, F as in fortitude, F as in “Fuck you!” to surveillance, censorship, and oppression. Learn more Thursday December 18th, 2014 Ai Weiwei’s defiance on display in Vancouver A new sculpture by acclaimed Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled Wednesday for the Vancouver Biennale may initially look underwhelming. But the work has more going for it than at first appearance. The horizontal sculpture is another defiant gesture by Ai Weiwei against Chinese government officials for the way they continue to treat him and many other ordinary Chinese citizens. Learn more Wednesday December 17th, 2014 Ai Weiwei Vancouver Biennale Installation Represents Resilience World renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has left his mark on Vancouver in a big way. Weiwei's latest work, "F Grass," was unveiled Wednesday as part of the 2014-2016 Vancouver Biennale. Located in Coal Harbour's Harbour Green Park, "F Grass" is made up of industrial cast iron spikes made to look like grass. When put together, they form a calligraphic "F." Learn more Wednesday December 17th, 2014 Ai Weiwei makes his mark on downtown Vancouver green space The City of Vancouver is getting a great early Christmas present as renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei leaves his distinct and thought-provoking mark on a downtown green space. Located at Harbour Green Park on the edge of Coal Harbour, Ai Weiwei’s 13.5-by-13.5-metre cast iron sculpture titled F Grass is part of the Vancouver Biennale’s ongoing public art series. Learn more Wednesday December 17th, 2014 Ai Wei Wei Vancouver sculpture symbolizes resilience and defiance Chinese artist and activist joins Vancouver Biennale with cheeky art installation "F Grass" A new art installation by internationally renowned Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Wei Wei is making Harbour Green Park in Coal Harbour its home for the next 12 months. Learn more Wednesday December 17th, 2014 Ai Weiwei public art revealed in Vancouver A spiky – and cheeky – piece of public art by one of the most powerful artists and human rights activists in the world will be unveiled in Vancouver on Wednesday. Learn more Vancity Buzz Thursday September 11th, 2014 Pop-up art installation reflects our obsession with status updates A pop-up art installation in an affluent Vancouver neighbourhood aims to comment on society’s fascination with sharing details about our personal lives. Learn more Monday September 8th, 2014 ‘Os Gemeos’ Concerts Industrail Silos in Vancouver into Towering Giants First Boeing 747, and now an industrail complex on a Vancouver island; it seems on canvas is too large for Brazilian graffiti artists Os Gemeos who were invited to the Vancouver Biennale to turn six multi-story silos on Granville Island into their trademark 'Giants.' Learn more Friday September 5th, 2014 Streets: Os Gemeos (Vancouver) – Final After roughly three weeks of intense work, Os Gemeos recently finished their new mural for the Vancouver Biennale (Part I, Part II). The six large silos they painted on Granville Island continues their ongoing series of large murals titled Giants, and is now officially their biggest one to date. Covering the entire 70-foot (21 metre) tall structure, this incredible piece of work is their contribution to Biennale’s strong connection with sculpture. Learn more
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