Douglas Coupland to unveil permanent public art project in Toronto

TORONTO – Douglas Coupland is returning to Toronto to unveil a permanent public art project in the city’s north end.

The acclaimed Vancouver-based artist and author is behind “Four Seasons,” which will be displayed within the Emerald City condo community.

The artwork will include brightly hued cone-shaped pylons ranging between 14 and 16 metres (48 and 60 feet) in height drawn from colours used in Laurentian pencil crayons.

Coupland’s creation is meant to represent the four distinct seasons as well as conveying “both optimism and a sense of joy in being outside in the physical Canadian world.”

Seven cylinders will also be a part of the public art installation, along with municipal signage resembling crayons in a box.

Toronto recently played host to “Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything” which concluded its run at the Royal Ontario Museum and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in April.

The exhibit coincided with downtown retailer Holt Renfrew Men showcasing Coupland’s self-portrait Gumhead, where individuals applied wads of gum to the sculpture of the artist’s head.

Coupland is slated to speak about the new “Four Seasons” landscape at a special event at Emerald City on June 20.