Birch Bark Basket - Panier en écorce de bouleau - Gatineau, Québec - Realistic Object Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Birch Bark Basket is a sculpture representing a traditional gathering basket.
It was selected through a contest integrating art with architecture and the urban environment.
The contest was limited to professional Anishinabe artists from or recognized by an Algonquin community. The gathering basket represents the connection to the territory of the Algonquin communities. It calls attention to their tradition as hunter-gatherers. The steel structure is painted to imitate birch bark, a key material used in baskets. The decorations, depicting traditional tales, are in red as reminders of the pigments used long ago. The work will serve as a symbol of the Anishinabe presence, both meaningful to the community and understandable to the public at large. Simon Brascoupé is a professional Anishinabe artist known across Canada.
He is a member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nations community, located in Maniwaki.

Créée par l'artiste anishinabe Simon Brascoupé, cette sculpture représentant un panier en écorce de bouleau symbolise la connexion culturelle algonquine avec la terre et la nature. La sculpture met en valeur les motifs et les symboles algonquins traditionnels pour créer une histoire contemporaine rendant hommage à la présence algonquine sur ce territoire. Elle éveille l'intérêt du spectateur par sa beauté, issue de la terre.

Title: Birch Bark Basket - Panier en écorce de bouleau Artist: Simon Brascoupé Placement Date: 2016 Website: [Web Link] Type of Object: Basket - Panier Location: Place Albinan - Gatineau, Québec Material: steel

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