DATE: March 26, 2008 10:06:38 PST
"Flank II," 1978
© Mia Westerlund Roosen

Concrete, steel, copper 1 1/2' h. x 12' l. Gift of the artist, 1999. A product of a specific time, place, and approach to materials, Mia Westerlund Roosen's sculpture was actually made in the Vancouver Art Gallery. She emphasized a process which joins together the dense forms of sculpture and the surface qualities of painting. When placing it in the landscape, she had to consider the work's scale and texture; she therefore, chose an intimate space where trees act as boundaries.
