Parkland [Forêt-parc]

Barbara Gamble

Date de naissance 1952
Lieu de naissance Trenton, Ontario

Artist Barbara Gamble’s work, Parkland, engages with ecological concerns in suburban Ottawa. Known for her interest in the natural world, Gamble completed this work in 1995, a year after spearheading a campaign to ban pesticides and naturalize a barren area of the community park in her neighborhood. In this mixed media work, a grid scratched over a painted map of the park illuminates both the damage caused by rigid suburban development and the planning required to rehabilitate the natural site. Gamble also includes a note of hope: a small circle featuring a daisy, one of the flowers indigenous to the park, recalls a medal of accomplishment.

Technique techniques mixtes sur aluminium sur acier
DATE 1995
DIMENSIONS 103,5cm x 86,4cm x 1,9cm
Numéro d'acquisition 2009.08.08
Détails Collection de la Galerie d'art d'Ottawa : don de l'artiste, 2009
Description du catalogue
An aerial image of a topographic map painted entirely in green. Gridlines are overlaid on the image. The irregular green shape is centered on a grey metallic base. To the left of the large shape is a small circle, with an image of wildflowers.

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