Royal Sweet Diamond - Toronto, Ontario - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This sculpture of a bull stands in front of the Mira Godard Gallery on a wooden platform which has warped probably from a combination of the sculpture's weight and exposure to the weather. This massive bull is standing squarely on all four legs with his head raised and seems to be keeping a wary eye on what is going on around him. The sculpture has a patina of greens and browns.

This is another sculpture done by Joe Fafard who also did The Pasture which is a sculpture of seven cows on a lawn at the Toronto Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto.

About the artist:

" Joseph Fafard, sculptor (b at Ste-Marthe-Rocanville, Sask 2 Sept 1942). Joe Fafard attended the University of Manitoba (BFA 1966) and Pennsylvania State University (MFA 1968). He began his career making kinetic sculpture, but soon after his appointment at the University of Saskatchewan in 1968 he turned to satirical plaster portraits of his colleagues and people in the art world. He started working in ceramic around 1972, broadening his range of subjects to respond to the life and people of his community. In 1985, he switched to bronze as his medium of choice. Through his ceramic and bronze portraits of people and animals in the folk art tradition, Fafard has gained considerable recognition across the country and internationally.

In 1985 Fafard's work The Pasture, comprising 7 bronze cows with varying patinas, was completed for an area outside the IBM tower of the Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto.

Joe Fafard was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981; awarded the Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award in 1987; received an honorary Degree from the University of Regina in 1989, and from the University of Manitoba in 2007; received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2002; received the National Prix Montfort in 2003; received the Lieutenant Governor's Saskatchewan Centennial Medal for the Arts in 2005."

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Royal Sweet Diamond Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Joe Fafard Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2000 Materials used: Bronze Location: 22 Hazelton Avenue, Yorkville Neighbourhood, Toronto

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