Family Portrait - Portrait de famille - Ottawa, Ontario
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These glass and bronze castings are located on the North facade of the Ottawa City Hall. Ces sculptures de verre et bronze coulés sont fixées au mur de la façade nord de l'Hôtel de ville d'Ottawa.
Waymark Code: WMX7A1
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/07/2017
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Title: Family Portrait
Artist: Stephen Brathwaite
Year: 1992
Materials: glass and bronze castings mounted to north side of building
Location: North Facade
City of Ottawa Art Collection: 2001-0362
Stephen Brathwaite belongs to the social realism school of art. Though his work is representational, the underlying meanings and inspiration justify viewer contemplation. Creating a welcome feeling of intimacy in the arcade, Family Portrait celebrates the individuals that comprise the 'regional family'. Chosen for their diversity, contributions, and eccentricities, Brathwaite cast the faces of 28 individuals ranging from a spiked-haired student/photographer in Nepean to a farming husband and wife team in Kanata. These individuals reflect the spirit and character of their municipality and together create a time capsule. The municipalities represented here are Cumberland, Gloucester, Goulbourn, Kanata, Nepean, Osgoode, Ottawa, Rideau, Rockcliffe, Vanier and West Carleton. Born in Ottawa, Stephen Brathwaite is a well-respected glass artist who studied his BA at Carleton University, 1971.
The sculpture is located to the left of the Laurier Street main entrance. The sculptures are mounted on pillars. They have been there since 1992 and the background bronze designs now appear to be darker. The glass also appear to be more opaque than what is shown in the photos appended herein.
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1992
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON Canada
Sculptors Name: Stephen Brathwaite
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