Tree of Knowledge, fragments

Artist: Metz & Chew
Category: Civic
Status: Existing
Sponsor: North Vancouver City Library in partnership with City of North Vancouver

Integrated,
Functional

Engraved images carved into bluestone suggest fragments of a magnificent tree - shadows of the Tree of Knowledge. Dappled amongst the imagery are literary quotes personally selected by library donors. Each piece contributes to the whole while remaining individual representing the imprint of the community on the plaza.

Specifications

Carved Bluestone

About the artists:
Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew are visual artists who started working collaboratively in 1997. Nancy's background is drawing, print-making, curating and teaching while Jacqueline's is photography, archeaology and literature. These disciplines, crafts and processes conflate to create an art practice that is conceptual and abstract yet uniquely grounded in place.

metzchew.com