Check out the new Led Sculpture at 6th and Clarke by artist Ken Lum. The artist won over $250,000 to complete the piece.
He's heard the debates over the decades that the East Side always gets "the short end of the stick" when it comes to parks and political power.
He's heard the debates over the decades that the East Side always gets "the short end of the stick" when it comes to parks and political power.
But Lum doesn't see his sculpture as a piece of art that will necessarily make people feel better about living on the East Side.
"I've had questions about it, but once people understand the story behind it, I think they'll realize it doesn't really have a religious connotation," Newirth said. "There are going to be those people who love it immediately and people who will take time to warm up to it."
If the sculpture has any religious overtones, it's that many East Side residents, including Italian and Irish immigrants, are Catholics, said Lum, noting the long histories of Notre Dame and St. Patrick's schools.
Labels: east side, East Van, East Van Cross, Ken Lum, Vancouver artist, Vancouverite
I think that money could have went somewhere better.....