Drawing admirers to East Village and St. Patrick’s Island, Bloom simulates a globe-shaped flower with repurposed industrial street lights that emanate from a central hub. yyc yycarts
By day, a metallic flower; by night, a low-hanging constellation; from late April to fall, an inner-city penthouse platform for a nesting osprey. In each guise,is full of paradoxes. Artist Michel de Broin created the sculpture as a commission for the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation seven years ago, and it now draws admirers to East Village and the award-winning St. Patrick’s Island, rejuvenated after the flood of 2013.
In April 2015, Montreal-based de Broin made an appearance at the Grand as the surprise guest for the first Placemakers Event of the East Village CMLC Speakers Series. He spoke of his admiration for Alexander Calder’s Expo 67 legacy sculpture. Calder used grand scale to mark a place that could be seen from many viewpoints, but also allowed people to circulate and pass under the sculpture with ease by elevating it on slender legs. Likewise,is monumental, but also accessible.
A highly regarded artist with an impressive record of innovative, cross-disciplinary projects in Germany, France, the U.S. and Canada, de Broin came to national attention as the 2007 winner of the prestigious Sobey Art Award for emerging contemporary artists. Five years later, the, on its grounds near Parliament Hill. Originally exhibited in New Orleans,is constructed from streetlamps damaged during the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
The resident osprey, a species known to be tolerant of human activity, picked the six-petaled circular florette that shines down from seven storeys high as a perennial nesting perch. Its arrival each year is a testament to the success of the park in attracting wildlife and adds to the transformation of the sculpture. The ready-made industrial components mimic natural structure, are repurposed as an object that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing, and are reclaimed by nature.
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