Night is for Sleeping, Day is for Resting

About the artist
Mowry Baden

Dates

1936 in Los Angeles, CA

Biography

Mowry Baden has lived and worked in Canada since 1971. He has practiced sculpture for over 40 years and has taught sculpture at Raymond College, Pomona College, UBC, and the University of Victoria, from which he retired in 1997.

Over the past 40 years, he has developed various methods of decentering vision and interfering with habitual human gestures. He has built harnesses, furniture, rooms, pathways and catwalks, all with the goal of impinging upon the viewer's movements and awakening a physical self-awareness that was previously unconscious.

Resume

1958, BA: Pomona College
1965, MA: Stanford University
1996: Victor Martin Lynch Staunton Award (Canada Council)
2006: Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts

Website

http://www.mowrybaden.com

Details
Artwork type
Sculpture
Medium
Concrete and steel, cedar bench
Dimensions
26.8 m x 10.97 m x 5.33 m H
Site
The Landmark, 605 Douglas Street
Artwork category
Privately Held Public Art
Community
Victoria
Date unveiled
1997
Location
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