Mooseconstrue - Toronto, Ontario
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N 43° 39.824 W 079° 23.915
17T E 629116 N 4835771
This moose looks over a busy corner of the University of Toronto grounds.
Waymark Code: WMCFNZ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/02/2011
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This sculpture was donated to the University of Toronto by the artist who was a student there.
You should really take a look at this artist's website - quite a sense of humour, especially in connection with royality and a very interesting man.
Artist Charles Pachter's website: (
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"NAME: Mooseconstrue
ARTIST: Charles Pachter
On the other hand we have this moose silhouette at U of T, on Harbord Street. It’s simple and perhaps more forgettable than a moose dressed like a hockey player, but it does still have a punny name. The metal from which it’s been cut is also on campus, a negative version of the moose shape called Moosedemeanour. The important thing is that the artist chose to make a moose, rather than having a moose thrust upon him. Pachter loves moose. He paints and sculpts moose. He has a book, M is for Moose. His gallery is called the Moose Factory. Yet he did not turn his nose up at Moose in the City—he made two different moose for the project. Even if it’s a cheeseball idea, Pachter’s love of art and moose still shine through, though it’s too bad the whimsy of his title doesn’t come across in this sedate steel sculpture. If Moose in the City was too flashy, perhaps this one is too flat. Darn, that pun thing is contagious."
source - Torontoist: (
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