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Since the late 1950s works of outdoor art have been collected by
The University of British Columbia to enrich the campus environment.
These artworks tell stories about the history of UBC and Vancouver,
and are part of an ongoing narrative of the history of art. The Provosts
Committee on University Art, a diverse body of faculty and students,
provides leadership on the acquisition, installation and maintenance
of artwork on campus. With support from the staff at the Morris and
Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the Committee develops the curatorial vision
for the outdoor collection and works to ensure a place for art at UBC
in the future.
In 2003, the outdoor art program was reinvigorated with the installation
of Rodney Grahams Millennial Time Machine, a late nineteenth-century
carriage converted into a camera obscura. Graham is a Vancouver artist
who studied at UBC in the late 1970s, and whose work is celebrated
internationally. This award-winning installation draws visitors from
10 Stone Garden
Stone Garden, 1996
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Located in the Asian plaza at the southeast corner of the C.K. Choi
Building for the Institute of Asian Research, the stone garden is a gift
of the buildings namesake and donor, Cheung-Kok Choi, who also
chose the Confucian virtues inscribed on each of the five stones.
These virtues, selected from traditional Confucian philosophy, are
meant to provide individuals with ethical guidance in all aspects of life.
Chinese characters representing each virtue are carved into the stone
with an explanation of its significance also translated into English. The
five virtues are Ren (humanity, benevolence), Yi (righteousness), Li
(propriety, rites), Zhi (wisdom, knowledge), and Xin (trustworthiness).
The massive rocks, which each weigh between 4,000 and 5,000
pounds, were shipped from the Shandong Province in China, the place
where Confucius was born.
Photo: Franz Lindner, circa 1978. UBC Historical Photograph Collection, Courtesy UBC Archives.
Photo: George Lenko. UBC Historical Photograph Collection, Courtesy UBC Archives.
its location are also meant to provoke questions about the university as
a place where knowledge, technologies and histories are constructed,
and how this information is passed to generations of students.
The glass and concrete pavilion was designed by the artist in
collaboration with architects Tim Newton and John Wall. In 2006, the
pavilion was awarded a special prize by the Architectural Institute of
British Columbia. Its structure echoes that of a camera with the lenslike window on the door, and the round oculi which let in light through
the ceiling.
Rodney Graham is an internationally renowned artist. He was born
in Abbotsford, B.C. in 1949, studied at UBC, and continues to live
and work in Vancouver. In 1997, he represented Canada at the Venice
Biennale. Graham works in a variety of media including sculpture,
video, photography, performance and music.
Appointments to view the Millennial Time Machine can be made
through the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
mixture of epoxy and white marble dust. Replicas of the statue have
been erected in locations around the world, including York University
and the University of Calgary.
commissions for Sir Herbert Bakers India House, South Africa House,
Church House, the Trafalgar Square fountains, and can be found at the
Tate Gallery in London.
Lszl Jzsa was one of the students who arrived at UBC from Sopron
in 1957. His passion for woodcarving is rooted in his Hungarian heritage
and his professional background. A forester by training, Jzsa has
worked as a research scientist, specializing in training and education
about wood quality. He has been drawing and painting all his life and
has recently taken up carving in yellow cypress and western red cedar,
both trees native to B.C.
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