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Rustic cabins built on stilts on North Vancouver's Maplewood mudflats were paradise to squatters until 1971, when they were burned to the ground in an effort by the district council of the time to prepare the way to build a shopping mall on the site. But a growing awareness of environmental issues prevented that plan from coming to pass, and today the Maplewood Conservation Area is a protected bird sanctuary.
Malcolm Lowry, the author of the novel Under the Volcano, lived on the mudflats during the 1940s and '50s and wrote about the experience in novels and short stories.
Then world-renowned artist Ken Lum was commissioned to replicate the shacks in miniature, and his work was originally displayed outside the Shangri-La Hotel in downtown Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics.
After the Olympics, Lum readily agreed to gift the artwork to the District of North Vancouver and they were put back in the same spot as the original shacks.
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Taken at the Maplewood Conservatory in North Vancouver.
In the '40's and '50's, squatters lived in rustic cabins built on stilts on North Vancouver's Maplewood mudflats. They stood there until 1971 when they burned to the ground. Artist Ken Lum was commissioned to recreate the cabins, calling the piece From shangri-la to shangri-la, because they were displayed beside the Shangri La Hotel in downtown Vancouver. They have now been moved back to their original place in Maplewood Flats. They are one third of their original size.
www.nsnews.com/local-news/squatters-shacks-now-a-work-of-...
Home can be paradise, wherever you find it .
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Barge Channel,
Replicas of North Vancouver squatters' shacks at one-third the actual size. - See more at: www.nsnews.com/news/squatters-shacks-now-a-work-of-art-1....,
Maplewood Flats Conservation Area,
District of North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Wandering the streets of Vancouver's Eastside.
A Monument to East Van by artist Ken Lum is located at the corner of Clark Drive & East 6th Avenue in East Vancouver.
The piece was commissioned by the City of Vancouver as one of the legacy projects around the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The East Van cross is a familiar symbol, especially for anyone who grew up in the city or moved to East Vancouver later in life.
Shaped like a crossword where the A intersects East and Van, it has come to represent the east side of town and the arrival of this sculpture has helped to solidify this as the official symbol.
The East Van Cross was traditionally the work of graffiti artists, said to express the "marginality and defiance" of East Vancouver residents.
The design for the “East Van Cross” has circulated around the Vancouver for many years, dating as far back as the 1940s. This particular piece of art was erected , as a homage to the city artist Ken Lum grew up in.
The Monument to East Vancouver is 17 meters (57 feet) tall and constructed from mixed materials - a combination of concrete, steel, aluminum, impact modified acrylic and LED Illumination.
The monument faces downtown Vancouver, the centre of the city and at night, the LED lights up like a beacon, calling people back (or welcoming them to) the East Side.
ABOUT KEN LUM
The artist is a Chinese-Canadian whose work has been shown in Galleries around the world. Lum spent several years working at the University of British Columbia and he is currently the Presidential Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania.
Funding for this project was part of the Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program, and the piece is owned by the city.
It seems fitting the current location of this sculpture is in the process of being developed. While there is a possibility for the sculpture to remain in place, it could soon be partially blocked by a new building.
The sculpture will likely be moved from its current location, much like many of the city’s residents who are forced to relocate as the city grows.
Behind the Sign: The East Van Cross traditionally was the work of graffiti artists, said to express the “marginality and defiance” of East Vancouver. The symbol has been adopted as an East Van icon, most visibly expressed by this monument by artist #KenLum (erected in 2010) This sign is approximately 60 feet tall and illuminates with white L.E.D. at night) #EastVanSign 🙏☁️
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Local artist Ken Lum's "from shangri-la to Shangri-La" installation are scale model replicas of the squatter's cabins during the 1940s
Alena and I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery and there's this awesome exhibition full of mirrors. This one was in the most surprising spot. I actually even ventured in and didn't find anything. Alena thought for sure there must be something and wandered in to find a one-way mirror.
For anyone who grew up or lived in East Vancouver for any length of time, this is a familiar insignia. It has been tattoooed, scrawled/painted on various surfaces, seen on T-shirts and skateboards... and is now a sign on the top of the hill on East 6th Avenue and Clark Drive. This is a permanent structure created by Vancouver artist Ken Lum. His other most notable work are the boats on the roof (Four Boats Stranded) of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Monument For East Vancouver by Ken Lum
20 metres high (55')
steel, concrete, plastic, aluminum
www.vancouversun.com/life/westcoast-life/constructs+icon+...
www.themarknews.com/authors/200-ken-lum
East Vancouver, British Columbia
Sculpture created - 2016 Artist - Ken Lum .... Sculpture commemorating more than 93,000 Canadians who fought in the Italian Campaign of World War II — an often overlooked but vital part of Europe’s fight for liberation from Nazi Germany. The battle referenced in the artwork - sculpture occurred at Christmastime in 1943, when the Canadian Forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II fought a fierce battle to liberate Ortona, Italy from Nazi Germany. An ancient town on the Adriatic Sea, the medieval rubble on the narrow streets of Ortona forced Canadians to street-fight and viciously smash through buildings to ultimately liberate the devastated town. During the liberation of Ortona, 2,300 soldiers were wounded and 500 were killed.
The sculpture depicts a 7-foot by 7-foot topographical map of Ortona illustrating the ruin and destruction the town endured during the battle, with each corner of the map guarded by figures of Canadian soldiers standing vigil.
Captured on our Strathcona Photowalk
More information about this current installation:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ken-lum-s-vancouv...
Vancouver, British Columbia
Monument For East Vancouver by Ken Lum
20 metres high (55')
steel, concrete, plastic, aluminum
For anyone who grew up or lived in East Vancouver for any length of time, this is a familiar insignia. It has been tattoooed, scrawled/painted on various surfaces, seen on T-shirts and skateboards... and is now a sign on the top of the hill on East 6th Avenue and Clark Drive. This is a permanent structure created by Vancouver artist Ken Lum. His other most notable work are the boats on the roof (Four Boats Stranded) of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Excerpt from website:
".. Vancouver Especially (A Vancouver Special scaled to its property value in 1973, then increased by 8 fold) by Canadian artist Ken Lum is the first commissioned work presented at 221A’s new outdoor site as part of the Semi-Public program at 271 Union Street. The installation is a 1:3 scale replica of a mass-produced, Vancouver architectural style of homes known as the “Vancouver Special”, popularized from 1965 to 1985 with an estimated 10,000 homes built. The scale of the artwork is determined by the $45,000 artwork production budget, comparable to the value of a Vancouver Special in the 1970s. Buying a Vancouver Special with that budget today would be tiny in size (a small relief in the front of the platform shows the actual scale), thus the artwork was multiplied eightfold. Therefore, the artwork would be most appropriately considered an ‘enlargement’ of accepted value."
Clark Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
Monument For East Vancouver by Ken Lum
20 metres high (55')
steel, concrete, plastic, aluminum
For anyone who grew up or lived in East Vancouver for any length of time, this is a familiar insignia. It has been tattoooed, scrawled/painted on various surfaces, seen on T-shirts and skateboards... and is now a sign on the top of the hill on East 6th Avenue and Clark Drive. This is a permanent structure created by Vancouver artist Ken Lum. His other most notable work are the boats on the roof (Four Boats Stranded) of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Maplewood Flats Conservation Area,
District of North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Replicas of North Vancouver squatters' shacks at one-third the actual size. - See more at: www.nsnews.com/news/squatters-shacks-now-a-work-of-art-1....
Sculpture created - 2016 Artist - Ken Lum .... Sculpture commemorating more than 93,000 Canadians who fought in the Italian Campaign of World War II — an often overlooked but vital part of Europe’s fight for liberation from Nazi Germany. The battle referenced in the artwork - sculpture occurred at Christmastime in 1943, when the Canadian Forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II fought a fierce battle to liberate Ortona, Italy from Nazi Germany. An ancient town on the Adriatic Sea, the medieval rubble on the narrow streets of Ortona forced Canadians to street-fight and viciously smash through buildings to ultimately liberate the devastated town. During the liberation of Ortona, 2,300 soldiers were wounded and 500 were killed.
The sculpture depicts a 7-foot by 7-foot topographical map of Ortona illustrating the ruin and destruction the town endured during the battle, with each corner of the map guarded by figures of Canadian soldiers standing vigil.
Vancouver artist Ken Lum’s Monument for East Vancouver is a large-scale version of a street image that has circulated in East Vancouver for decades.
Sculpture created - 2016 Artist - Ken Lum .... Sculpture commemorating more than 93,000 Canadians who fought in the Italian Campaign of World War II — an often overlooked but vital part of Europe’s fight for liberation from Nazi Germany. The battle referenced in the artwork - sculpture occurred at Christmastime in 1943, when the Canadian Forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II fought a fierce battle to liberate Ortona, Italy from Nazi Germany. An ancient town on the Adriatic Sea, the medieval rubble on the narrow streets of Ortona forced Canadians to street-fight and viciously smash through buildings to ultimately liberate the devastated town. During the liberation of Ortona, 2,300 soldiers were wounded and 500 were killed.
The sculpture depicts a 7-foot by 7-foot topographical map of Ortona illustrating the ruin and destruction the town endured during the battle, with each corner of the map guarded by figures of Canadian soldiers standing vigil.
Clark Drive
Vancouver, British Columbia
Monument For East Vancouver by Ken Lum
20 metres high (55')
steel, concrete, plastic, aluminum
This icon was likely first associated with local turf gangs of the 1950s and used on their leather jackets. As these gangs dissipated in the 1970s, the insignia saw limited use. It was the next generation of skaters, metal heads and punk rockers in the 1980s that revived its use to signify East Side pride.
Sculpture created - 2016 Artist - Ken Lum .... Sculpture commemorating more than 93,000 Canadians who fought in the Italian Campaign of World War II — an often overlooked but vital part of Europe’s fight for liberation from Nazi Germany. The battle referenced in the artwork - sculpture occurred at Christmastime in 1943, when the Canadian Forces in the Italian Campaign of World War II fought a fierce battle to liberate Ortona, Italy from Nazi Germany. An ancient town on the Adriatic Sea, the medieval rubble on the narrow streets of Ortona forced Canadians to street-fight and viciously smash through buildings to ultimately liberate the devastated town. During the liberation of Ortona, 2,300 soldiers were wounded and 500 were killed.
The sculpture depicts a 7-foot by 7-foot topographical map of Ortona illustrating the ruin and destruction the town endured during the battle, with each corner of the map guarded by figures of Canadian soldiers standing vigil.
Clark Terry will celebrate his 91st birthday on December 14. Marc Lindy had a custom street sign made and gathered together the following horn players.
Tim Sars (holding Amadeus), Michael Coury, Riina Tamm, Craig Scott (in front), Ross Taggart, Alan Matheson, Erik Engholm, Gavin Walker, Tom Angelus, Fred Pincock, Aaron Pettigrew, Alison Gorman, Marc LIndy, Ian Shaw, Kevin Mooney, Will Goede.
The replica Vancouver City street sign will reside at the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver.
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Clark Terry will celebrate his 91st birthday on December 14. Marc Lindy had a custom street sign made and gathered together the following horn players.
Tim Sars (holding Amadeus), Michael Coury, Riina Tamm, Craig Scott (in front), Ross Taggart, Alan Matheson, Erik Engholm, Gavin Walker, Tom Angelus, Fred Pincock, Aaron Pettigrew, Alison Gorman, Marc LIndy, Ian Shaw, Kevin Mooney, Will Goede.
The replica Vancouver City street sign will reside at the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver.
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Clark Terry will celebrate his 91st birthday on December 14. Marc Lindy had a custom street sign made and gathered together the following horn players.
Tim Sars (holding Amadeus), Michael Coury, Riina Tamm, Craig Scott (in front), Ross Taggart, Alan Matheson, Erik Engholm, Gavin Walker, Tom Angelus, Fred Pincock, Aaron Pettigrew, Alison Gorman, Marc LIndy, Ian Shaw, Kevin Mooney, Will Goede.
The replica Vancouver City street sign will reside at the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver.
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Marc Lindy had a custom street sign made and gathered together the following horn players.
Tim Sars (holding Amadeus), Michael Coury, Riina Tamm, Craig Scott (in front), Ross Taggart, Alan Matheson, Erik Engholm, Gavin Walker, Tom Angelus, Fred Pincock, Aaron Pettigrew, Alison Gorman, Marc LIndy, Ian Shaw, Kevin Mooney, Will Goede.
The replica Vancouver City street sign will reside at the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver.
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Artist Ken Lum's exhibit at Union Street is a replica of the "Vancouver Special" which was a post World War II house design and a symbol of affordability.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ken-lum-s-vancouv...
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-The public art work by artist Ken Lum is called Monument for East Vancouver. Placed on a ridge looking down on the False Creek flats, the 20-metre tall work will spell out — in the form of a cross — the phrase "East Van" with the two words sharing and crossing at the "a." The words will be lit by white LED lights and surrounded in an outline of white LED lights. With the cross-shaped phrase mounted on a silver base, the words should look like they're floating in space. The monument should also be visible for kilometres in several directions but especially to anyone approaching the eastside from the west.
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This is the side that is not usually seen since it is mainly an industrial and warehouse area with little traffic.
Monument For East Vancouver by Ken Lum
20 metres high (55')
steel, concrete, plastic, aluminum
www.vancouversun.com/life/westcoast-life/constructs+icon+...
www.themarknews.com/authors/200-ken-lum
East Vancouver, British Columbia
Proud to have my Chinatown Tales illustration series selected in the latest Applied Arts Illustration annual.
Year: 2016
Category: Retail Applications (Illustration) - Series
Title: Chinatown Tales
Chinatown Tales is a series of postcards that explore the kaleidoscopic enclave of shops in Vancouver's historical Chinatown and how they have influenced some of the neighbourhood's most significant changemakers. Illustrator Chairman Ting brings these stories to life, inspiring the uninitiated to explore the historic neighbourhood and find a story their own.