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 Bronze Priestess - Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada Posted by:  The A-Team
N 48° 27.810 W 123° 18.786
10U E 476854 N 5367865
This sculpture is located between the MacLaurin and Cornett Buildings at the University of Victoria at 3800 Finnerty Road in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMK6RA
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 02/20/2014
Views: 1
A UVic student project website describes the sculpture:
Bronze Priestess is described as "strongly ritualistic, religious, [and] meditative in essence". Mayhew's sculptures are generally non-representational, as this particular piece is in fact a reclining woman. This primeval looking sculpture is a bronze cast that consists of three, somewhat geometric, sections. Bronze Priestess acts as an altar, and like most of Mayhew's sculptures, it is an exploration of the human creature and encourages direct human involvement.
Bronze Priestess was made by renowned and pioneering Canadian female artist Elza Mayhew in 1987 as an enlargement of her signature piece, Black Priestess. It was commissioned by the University of Victoria to mark the 25th anniversary of the university and was installed in its current location in 1988. The piece measures 54" wide, 20" deep, and 38" high.
The last piece made by Mayhew, she required considerable assistance because, as yet unknown to her family, she was in the beginning stages of a dementia caused by styrene toxins in her styrofoam molds, a method of casting that she pioneered. Mayhew passed away on January 11, 2004.
Title: Bronze Priestess
Artist: Elza Mayhew
Media (materials) used: Bronze
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): University of Victoria
Date of creation or placement: 1987
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