The Iceberg Sculpture - La sculpture Iceberg - Ottawa, Ontario
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The Iceberg Sculpture is located on the grounds of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Ontario. La sculpture Iceberg est située sur le terrain du Musée canadien de la Nature, à Ottawa, en Ontario
Waymark Code: WMX6BA
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/03/2017
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The Iceberg Sculpture
by William (Bill) Lishman
The Iceberg is composed of welded stainless steel parts; the tallest extending 13 metres high. Smaller pieces that represent ice chunks are found at the base.
Around the Iceberg is the Arctic tundra. The sculpture's size dramatizes the natural differences in scale that define Canada's arctic, where iceberg and towering mountains contrast with tiny plants in a treeless terrain.
Bill Lishman has been a sculptor since 1962. A Fellow with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, he has travelled extensively in the Arctic and Antarctic where he became inspired by the spectacular and monumental forms of Icebergs.
The sculpture was fabricated by Pure Ingenuity Inc of Kingston, Ontario
La sculpture Iceberg
de William (Bill) Lishman
L’Iceberg se compose de pièces d’acier inoxydable soudées. La plus grande s’élève à 13 metres de hauteur, tandis que les plus petites représentent des morceaux de glace au pied de l’iceberg.
L’Iceberg se dress au milieu de la toundra arctique. Sa taille imposante symbolise les différences d’échelle qui définissent l’Artique canadien, ou les icebergs et les montagnes majestueuses dominent un paysage sans arbres couvert de plantes minuscules.
Sculpteur depuis 1962, Bill Lishman est fellow de la Société géographique royale du Canada. Lors de ses nombreux voyages dans l’Actique et l’Antartique, il s’est laissé inspirer par les formes spectaculaires et monumentales des icebergs.
La sculpture est une fabrication de Pure Ingenuity Inc, de Kingston, en Ontario.
Title: The Iceberg Sculpture - La sculpture iceberg
Artist: William (Bill) Lishman
Media (materials) used: Stainless Steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Canadian Museum of Nature - Musee Canadien de la Nature
Date of creation or placement: 2015
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