Thursday, November 03, 2005

"A Device To Root Out Evil"


Now here's an interesting piece of art. It now sits on Bute and W Cordova in downtown Vancouver. In case it takes you a while to pick out what it is I'll help. It's a church turned upside down and (apparently) rammed into the ground. The piece is called "A Device To Root Out Evil".

I can't say I have been so stimulated by a piece of art (other than music, because that comes easier to me) ever. Ask yourself these questions:

1. If you attend a church regularly, what emotions does this invoke in you?

2. If you don't, what about this piece do you identify with?

3. What is the artist trying to say (like we could know, but it's fun to try)?

4. What about you needs to be turned upside down?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

love it paul

what a great piece! although not a great peace