{"id":19047,"date":"2013-04-18T14:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=19047"},"modified":"2013-04-15T14:57:57","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T21:57:57","slug":"poodle-installation-confuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/04\/18\/poodle-installation-confuses\/","title":{"rendered":"“Poodle” Installation Confuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by Varouj Gumuchian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gisele Amantea’s seven-foot-tall “Untitled (Poodle)” sculpture on Main Street has been both a surprise and disappointment. Installed in January through Vancouver’s public art program, one cannot help but wonder if it was selected by a jury or a predisposed panel.<\/p>\n

Sitting 25-feet above the sidewalk, the meaning of the poodle and its relevance to the ethos of Main St. should be critically questioned, as should the approx $97,000 cost that is partially being covered by public funds.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting to consider how\u00a0Amantea came up with this idea: do a few quick visits and walks up and down the street justify such a project. Although the artist describes<\/a> the poodle motif as “expressive of the general surroundings of the street….a curiosity that will bring attention to the sculpture as a marker or icon of time and place.” I can find no clear meaning in it beyond a self-indulging image masquerading as public art. One that treats the street as something secondary\u2014a caricature imposed by the values of the artist.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, however, it represents the reality of gentrification. That the once-edgy area of East Main has finally succumbed to a dull not-so-creative professionalism that has befallen other areas throughout the city. Or maybe it demonstrates how art as a something expressing radical, alternative ideas has fallen prey to the values of powerful development industry.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I think this poorly reflects the important relationship between community and public art and I seriously question how the neighbourhood\u2014and city, as a whole\u2014gains by this choice of art at the expense of more meaningful pieces that truly contribute to the public realm.<\/p>\n

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Varouj Gumuchian<\/strong> is a masters graduate from UBC and Emily Carr with strong background in design. His interest in public art is a creative process that demands an active role in critical thinking.<\/em><\/p>\n

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