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Abundance Fenced by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Image courtesy of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A 43-metre-long steel sculpture has joined Vancouver’s streetscape at Knight Street and 33rd Avenue as the newest addition to the City’s public art collection.<\/p>\n

Abundance Fenced by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas features a playful adaptation of contemporary Haida design and runs along the top of a concrete retaining wall beside Kensington Park, serving as a decorative railing beside the pedestrian path.<\/p>\n

A community celebration of the work will be held on Saturday, December 3 at 10 a.m. in the Kensington Community Centre, Seniors’ Lounge, 5175 Dumfries Street<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Abundance Fenced was inspired by the plentiful 2010 Fraser River salmon run and Yahgulanaas sees the artwork as a tribute to the exceptional return and celebration of the resilience of the species.<\/p>\n

The sculpture depicts two sets of stylized orca whales facing opposite directions with their tail flukes meeting in the centre and their faces rising up to define a metaphorical passageway. The whales pursue cascading salmon down a slope towards the North Shore mountains. The salmon are welded together in a timeless pursuit to represent a system of interdependence essential to all of us.<\/p>\n

Yahgulanaas created the work in the Haida Manga style he developed which is a fusion of Northwest Coast First Nations design elements and Japanese graphic animation. He has published award-winning graphic books, most recently Red (Douglas and McIntyre, 2009). His works of art in a variety of media are in museums, galleries, and private collections around the world.<\/p>\n

Abundance Fenced was commissioned by the City of Vancouver as part of the Clark-Knight Corridor Public Art Plan<\/em>. Details about the plan and Vancouver’s Public Art Program are available at vancouver.ca\/publicart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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