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Main & Hastings poster by Glasfurd & Walker. Photo courtesy Platform Gallery.
The Platform Gallery is taking street art to new levels.
The gallery has invited seven Vancouver-based graphic designers to each create a poster based on a famous intersection in the city. This got us thinking about our own take on these well-known crossroads…
Photo credit: Our City Our Art
Last week, news came out about a controversial new public art project in Vancouver. A seven-foot-tall porcelain poodle was erected atop a 25-foot pole in the Main Street neighbourhood. The well coiffed canine came at no small cost. The poodle, along with a bus art campaign along Main Street affiliated with the same project, cost nearly $100,000.
Now, it seems that the pampered pooch has taken to Twitter to make its case.
“Where do I pee?” read @MainStPoodle’s inaugural tweet earlier this week on Twitter. He (or she) followed it up with a series of snappy, topical one-liners:
Heard a rumour they’re installing a cat on a stick across the street. Can’t wait!
I confess: I take performance enhancing kibble. How else do you think I can balance up here all day?
The pooch also seems to be a big fan of local Main Street businesses, including Red Cat Records and Main Street Beer. His/Her bio includes several provocative hashtags: #$100,000mutt and #keepMainWeird.
The tweets have brought renewed attention to the art project. Continue reading:
Vancouver’s Notorious $100,000 Poodle Now on Twitter
Chinese warriors are invading Vancouver.
An army of 33, life-sized terracotta warriors – modeled after the world-famous originals discovered in China in 1974 – will be occupying metro Vancouver in the months ahead.
The sculptures will be positioned on strategic street corners and parks in Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby. Check out the map below (You might remember similar campaigns recently involving fibreglass eagles, bears and killer whales on city streets).
Each statue has been painted with an original – and often eye-popping – design by a different artist. Warriors have been dressed up in brilliant reds and blues, emblazoned with images of endangered wildlife and decorated like enormous Chinese vases. Each design tells a different story about Chinese history and life.
This fall, the whole army will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the BC Lions Society Easter Seal Houses and Easter Seal Camps for children with disabilities. But what’s the story behind the original terracotta warriors? Continue reading:
Street Art: Terracotta Soldiers Coming to Vancouver
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