Tuesday March 9th, 2010
Sunny Day in Richmond with Water #10: Vancouver Biennale
Yesterday I posted some excellent photos of Yvonne Domenge’s sculpture Wind Waves taken by local photographer Jon Chiang. They were excellent…
Monday February 22nd, 2010
Great Photos of Vancouver Biennale During the 2010 Olympics
The city of Vancouver went absolutely insane this past weekend as the Olympic festivities reached full-on epic volume. Everybody was on the street. I …
Monday January 18th, 2010
The Mystery of the A-Mazing Santas…
Who Made the Santa Hats for Yue Minjun’s A-Mazing Laughter? Photo by MLA Mary McNeil Vancouver-False Creek There’s a mystery afoot in…
Monday January 11th, 2010
Mayor of Richmond, Malcolm Brodie, Responds to Public Art Debate
On January 6th, Malcolm Brodie wrote the following letter to the editors of the Richmond Review newspaper regarding public response to a recent…
Monday September 28th, 2009
People Playing With Sculptures: An A-Mazing Weekend
It was one last blast of sunshine and warm weather – a perfect weekend for late-September. The clear and sunny skies brought people out into the …
Saturday September 26th, 2009
Yue Minjun's A-Mazing Laughter Revealed! Vancouver Biennale
Photo by Sean Cranbury. I took a sculpture walk along the seawall yesterday with my friend Stefanie, who’s from Saskatoon by way of Shanghai,…
Tuesday September 22nd, 2009
Yue Minjun's A-Mazing Laughter Installation Photos: Vancouver Biennale
Swallowing golden light at sunset. Photo by Sean Cranbury. A truck full of long wooden boxes and a crane showed up in the early morning hours at…
Friday September 18th, 2009
Incoming: A-Mazing Laughter by Yue Minjun | Vancouver Biennale
photo by Dan Fairchild A-Mazing Laughter, a sculpture by China’s Yue Minjun, is being installed at the Morton Triangle, near the corner of…
Wednesday August 26th, 2009
Wet Concrete! Two New Public Art Installations: Vancouver Biennale
Summer is raging full on toward September and Vancouver is in its glory. Sunshine is leaping in sheets of silver across English Bay, the mountains…
Thursday August 13th, 2009
Yue Minjun: Sneak Preview of Amazing Art: Vancouver Biennale
Yue Minjun was born in Beijing, China in 1962. He is one of the most important artists of the Chinese avant-garde. He lives and works in Beijing and…
Wednesday August 5th, 2009
Michael Zheng's The STOP: The Vancouver Biennale has Started!
Michael Zheng‘s The STOP has been installed in two locations in Vancouver to kick off the 2009-2011 edition of the Vancouver Biennale! These…
Monday July 27th, 2009
Vancouver Biennale First Two Installations This Week
It’s finally upon us! Giant container ships are approaching the city from distant ports carrying sculptures of great artists from all over the…
Monday June 29th, 2009
Shiny Water: Amazing Sculpture from China's Jun Ren
It’s coming by boat from a mysterious land on the other side of the Pacific ocean. It’s a massive, mercurial sculpture from China’s …