The Church
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9555
Measurements: 256.54 x 40.64 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1991
Materials: wax, lead, wood
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Work by Catherine Widgery
Wind Fossils
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9551
Description: Commissioned by the Rimouski Museum and installed in the Jardin de Metis, the steel poles are set out in a grid suggesting some industrial structure, the stone columns in the center have blowing grasses etched deeply into their surface as if this moment on a summer's day was caught forever like a fossil. Brass leaves hanging from the poles swing in the wind and catch the sunlight and make gentle wind chimes. The central pool reflects the columns and brings the sky's reflection down to one's feet.
Measurements: 0.522 x 3.132 x 2.088 m
Collection: Public Commission: Rimouski Museum, Rimouski (Québec)
Date Made: 1988
Materials: steel poles, brass 'leaves', stone, water
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Wind Fossils, detail
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9552
Description: Commissioned by the Rimouski Museum and installed in the Jardin de Metis, the steel poles are set out in a grid suggesting some industrial structure, the stone columns in the center have blowing grasses etched deeply into their surface as if this moment on a summer's day was caught forever like a fossil. Brass leaves hanging from the poles swing in the wind and catch the sunlight and make gentle wind chimes. The central pool reflects the columns and brings the sky's reflection down to one's feet.
Measurements: 0.522 x 3.132 x 2.088 m
Collection: Public Commission: Rimouski Museum, Rimouski (Québec)
Date Made: 1988
Materials: steel poles, brass 'leaves', stone, water
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Whale Boat
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9553
Description:
Measurements: 78.74 x 170.18 x 91.44 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1989
Materials: lead, wood, branches, steel nails
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Rocking House
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9554
Description:
Measurements: 12.7 x 12.7 x 5.08 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1990
Materials: bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
The Church
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9555
Description:
Measurements: 256.54 x 40.64 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1991
Materials: wax, lead, wood
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Wind Boat
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9556
Description: This work was designed as a "signal" sculpture installed along the road at the entrance of Ville Lasalle near Montreal recalling the windmill that once stood on the site. It turns in the wind and refers to the wind-powered industry that was part of Lasalle's earliest history as well as the boat traffic on the St. Lawrence River. Now the Mercier bridge structure dominates the shoreline and the commerce of the area and the structure that holds the boat form recalls this bridge.
Measurements: 0.7656 x 0.2784 x 0.2088 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1992
Materials: galvanized steel, aluminum, stainless steel
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Passing Song
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9557
Description: Designed as part of an invitational competition to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Montreal, 'beaver pelts' are cut out of Corten steel and heaped in a pile to create a dome recalling the massive piles of pelts and the slaughter of beavers when the fur trade opened up the port of Montreal. Beneath the dome, cast into the concrete are the waterways and terrain in northern Quebec where the beavers were trapped. Attached to the poles are thin piano wires that hum in the wind creating a "passing song", the Cherokee expression for the sound the wind in the trees makes when someone dies.
Measurements: 0.522 x 0.4872 x 0.4872 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1992
Materials: steel, cast concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Parade
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9562
Description: Commissioned for a secondary school, these structures are hybrids between toys and the architecture of institutions. The toys have become monumental whereas the institutions have had their importance brought into question.
Measurements: each of the eight elements is between 0.2088 and 0.4872 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Objective Memory, detail 1 of 3
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9559
Description: This work was designed for Moishe Safdie's Ottawa City Hall and was the winner of a national competition. Each of the three elements explores the themes of nature and culture's precarious balance. The geometric volumes are lit from within; the pyramid has the constellation of the night sky cut out and a life-size polar bear in bronze poised on the pyramid's point.
Measurements: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Parade, detail 2 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9564
Description: Commissioned for a secondary school, these structures are hybrids between toys and the architecture of institutions. The toys have become monumental whereas the institutions have had their importance brought into question.
Measurements: each of the eight elements is between 0.2088 and 0.4872 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Parade, detail 1 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9563
Description: Commissioned for a secondary school, these structures are hybrids between toys and the architecture of institutions. The toys have become monumental whereas the institutions have had their importance brought into question.
Measurements: each of the eight elements is between 0.2088 and 0.4872 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Objective Memory, detail 3 of 3
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9561
Description: This work was designed for Moishe Safdie's Ottawa City Hall and was the winner of a national competition. Each of the three elements explores the themes of nature and culture's precarious balance. The geometric volumes are lit from within; the pyramid has the constellation of the night sky cut out and a life-size polar bear in bronze poised on the pyramid's point.
Measurements: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Objective Memory
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9558
Description: This work was designed for Moishe Safdie's Ottawa City Hall and was the winner of a national competition. Each of the three elements explores the themes of nature and culture's precarious balance. The geometric volumes are lit from within; the pyramid has the constellation of the night sky cut out and a life-size polar bear in bronze poised on the pyramid's point.
Measurements: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Objective Memory, detail 2 of 3
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9560
Description: This work was designed for Moishe Safdie's Ottawa City Hall and was the winner of a national competition. Each of the three elements explores the themes of nature and culture's precarious balance. The geometric volumes are lit from within; the pyramid has the constellation of the night sky cut out and a life-size polar bear in bronze poised on the pyramid's point.
Measurements: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1993
Materials: bronze, anodized aluminum, stainless steel, water, lights
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Vanitas, detail
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9572
Description:
Measurements: 208.28 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1994
Materials: horse hide, wood, cast iron with glass, copper and propane glass
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Vanitas
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9571
Description:
Measurements: 208.28 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1994
Materials: horse hide, wood, cast iron with glass, copper and propane glass
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
“That I am of this earth…”
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9565
Description:
Measurements: 121.92 x 365.76 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1994
Materials: grass, earth
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Silence and Slow Time
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9566
Description:
Measurements: 152.4 x 121.92 x 66.04 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1994
Materials: glass, water, rubber resin
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Don’t Touch / Please Touch
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9567
Description:
Measurements: 60.96 x 457.2 x 30.48 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1994-1995
Materials: blown glass, stainless steel, mixed media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Don’t Touch / Please Touch, detail
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9568
Description:
Measurements: 60.96 x 457.2 x 30.48 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1994-1995
Materials: blown glass, stainless steel, mixed media
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Le temps passé (Times Passage)detail, paving overview
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9570
Description: This work was created for a long term care facility as a place where the residents could sit outside under a shelter that recalls the trees once along this river. The dome is cut into a repeating leaf pattern to provide the dappled light of trees and the tree trunk columns and yellow ceramic leaves add to this sense of nature translated into industrial materials. The curves of the mosaic walkway recall the adjacent river.
Measurements: 0.6264 x 1.74 x 1.74 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1995
Materials: copper dome, concrete casts of a tree trunk, mosaic tile, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Le temps passé (Times Passage)detail, Dome
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9569
Description: This work was created for a long term care facility as a place where the residents could sit outside under a shelter that recalls the trees once along this river. The dome is cut into a repeating leaf pattern to provide the dappled light of trees and the tree trunk columns and yellow ceramic leaves add to this sense of nature translated into industrial materials. The curves of the mosaic walkway recall the adjacent river.
Measurements: 0.6264 x 1.74 x 1.74 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1995
Materials: copper dome, concrete casts of a tree trunk, mosaic tile, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nos jours sont comme l’ombre qui passe (Our days are but a passing shadow), maquette
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9581
Description: Designed for a school in an area near Montreal where once there stood a vast lake filled with ammonites. Their four hundred million year old fossils are easily found in that region. Students sit in the fossil and run their hands over the impressions of these very old life forms. We are for such a brief moment and these forms give a sense of the immense expanse of time.
Measurements: exterior element: 0.1392 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1996
Materials: concrete with impressions of real fossils set into the surface
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Deer’s head with boxing gloves
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9578
Description:
Measurements: 76.2 x 40.64 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: deer's head, boxing gloves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Le vent se lève, view 2 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9584
Description: This work created for the front of Dan Hanganu's new Hautes Etudes Commerciales building (affiliated with the University of Montreal) is made of four identical bronze trees that hold a gold-leafed pyramid aloft in their branches. It suggests that the workings of the intellect and spirit must be firmly rooted in the physical world. Once again nature and culture are interdependent, inextricably linked. Vines are planted in planting boxes at the foot of each tree and during the warm months grow up so that leaves appear on the branches. At night, powerful flood lights beneath the leaves and pyramid create an explosion of energy as the translucent green leaves tremble in the wind.
Measurements: trees: 0.696 m
Collection: Public Commission: Hautes Etudes Commerciales Building, Montreal
Date Made: 1996
Materials: bronze, aluminum, gold leaf, vines and lights
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Double back chair
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9580
Description:
Measurements: 15.24 x 12.7 x 6.35 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nos jours sont comme l’ombre qui passe (Our days are but a passing shadow), installed
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9582
Description: Designed for a school in an area near Montreal where once there stood a vast lake filled with ammonites. Their four hundred million year old fossils are easily found in that region. Students sit in the fossil and run their hands over the impressions of these very old life forms. We are for such a brief moment and these forms give a sense of the immense expanse of time.
Measurements: exterior element: 0.1392 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1996
Materials: concrete with impressions of real fossils set into the surface
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Le vent se lève, view 1 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9583
Description: This work created for the front of Dan Hanganu's new Hautes Etudes Commerciales building (affiliated with the University of Montreal) is made of four identical bronze trees that hold a gold-leafed pyramid aloft in their branches. It suggests that the workings of the intellect and spirit must be firmly rooted in the physical world. Once again nature and culture are interdependent, inextricably linked. Vines are planted in planting boxes at the foot of each tree and during the warm months grow up so that leaves appear on the branches. At night, powerful flood lights beneath the leaves and pyramid create an explosion of energy as the translucent green leaves tremble in the wind.
Measurements: trees: 0.696 m
Collection: Public Commission: Hautes Etudes Commerciales Building, Montreal
Date Made: 1996
Materials: bronze, aluminum, gold leaf, vines and lights
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
“Word ball” with sea shell
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9576
Description:
Measurements: 101.6 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Bullet shell casing with cicada shell
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9574
Description:
Measurements: 60.96 x 30.48 x 30.48 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: bullet shell casing, cicada shell
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Three stools with cones
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9579
Description:
Measurements: each: 10.16 x 3.81 x 3.81 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials: bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
“Word ball” with sea shell, detail
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9577
Description:
Measurements: 101.6 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1996
Materials:
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Copper sieve with hair
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9589
Description:
Measurements: 86.36 x 50.8 x 30.48 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: copper sieve, hair
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
World War II gas mask with cigars
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9591
Description:
Measurements: 55.88 x 55.88 x 50.8 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: World War II gas mask, cigars
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Cedar root with tin jug
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9592
Description:
Measurements: 137.16 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: cedar root, tin jug
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
African mask with WW II German field glasses
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9600
Description:
Measurements: 60.96 x 38.1 x 30.48 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: hydro stone cast of African mask, German field glasses
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Meat grinder with ammonite fossil
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9596
Description:
Measurements: 55.88 x 31.75 x 25.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: meat grinder, ammonite fossil
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Skates with beeswax feet
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9599
Description:
Measurements: 81.28 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: skates, beeswax feet
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Dressmaker’s form (1890s) with beech and ginkgo leaves
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9586
Description:
Measurements: 165.1 x 71.12 x 71.12 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: dressmaker's form (1890s), beech, ginkgo leaves
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Flicker with policeman’s whistle
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9593
Description:
Measurements: 71.12 x 60.96 x 60.96 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: flicker, policeman's whistle
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Radio phonograph horn with bonsai tree and moths
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9598
Description:
Measurements: 78.74 x 78.74 x 55.88 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: radio phonograph horn, bonsai tree, moths
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Butterflies with silver flute
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9601
Description:
Measurements: 63.5 x 88.9 x 38.1 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: butterflies, silver flute
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Phonograph with wax hand
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9594
Description:
Measurements: 66.04 x 50.8 x 55.88 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: phonograph, wax hand
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Doll with grasshopper
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9585
Description:
Measurements: 71.12 x 35.56 x 35.56 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: doll made of porcelain and kid leather
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Kerosene lamp with monarch butterfly
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9588
Description:
Measurements: 55.88 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: kerosene lamp, monarch butterfly
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Wooden shoe last with deer antler
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9590
Description:
Measurements: 81.28 x 45.72 x 35.56 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: wooden shoe last, deer antler
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Wooden bear nutcracker and kingfisher egg
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9595
Description:
Measurements: 60.96 x 38.1 x 33.02 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: wooden nutcracker, kingfisher egg
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Woman’s ice skates with human hair
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9597
Description:
Measurements: 81.28 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: woman's ice skates, human hair
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Movie projector with Canada goose wings
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9587
Description:
Measurements: 99.06 x 73.66 x 73.66 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: movie projector, Canada goose wings
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Burdock with businessman’s hat
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9602
Description:
Measurements: 68.58 x 43.18 x 48.26 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: burdock, businessman's hat
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Noh mask with wire-rimmed glasses and cockroach wings
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9603
Description:
Measurements: 60.96 x 38.1 x 12.7 cm
Collection:
Date Made: 1997
Materials: hydro stone cast of Noh mask, wire-rimmed glasses, cockroach wings
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Le Fleuve (The River), view 2 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9605
Description: Designed for the entrance of a retirement and convalescent home, the form of the river was taken from an old topographical map and etched into the glass. The lines suggest both the movement of the water and a form created by the workings of the water over an almost inconceivably long time.
Measurements: 0.348 x 1.392 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1998
Materials: etched glass
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Le Fleuve (The River), view 1 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9604
Description: Designed for the entrance of a retirement and convalescent home, the form of the river was taken from an old topographical map and etched into the glass. The lines suggest both the movement of the water and a form created by the workings of the water over an almost inconceivably long time.
Measurements: 0.348 x 1.392 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1998
Materials: etched glass
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, detail 4 of 4
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9615
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, view 1 of 3
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9609
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Liquid Echo
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9606
Description: Liquid Echo is an environmental work installed at 750 Bay Street in downtown Toronto in June of 1999, commissioned by H and R Developments as part of the program of integration of art and architecture for the City of Toronto. The entire plaza that is over 100 ft. long by about 33 ft. wide is designed as part of the work. The vent shafts to underground parking across the front of the site, that would have been massive concrete planters in the original plans, were razed and replaced with circular openings that house the supporting structure for the twenty-four spiral cut columns that turn to create the impression of a water fall.
All the language of the elements in this work is a translation of the experience of nature. My goal is to find a language and materials appropriate for the urban environment. Large boulders were cut and reassembled along the grid of the pavers to be seating in the warm weather. Inlaid into the pavers are sections of circles made from stainless steel to suggest the way light bounces off of water that has been disturbed. Small groves of honey locusts (on platforms to minimize the massive planters necessary for this site) frame the space and the stairs provide additional seating.
Measurements: 0.7656 x 4.872 x 1.3224 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: anodized aluminum, stone, stainless steel, concrete, honey locust trees
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Liquid Echo, detail 2 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9608
Description: Liquid Echo is an environmental work installed at 750 Bay Street in downtown Toronto in June of 1999, commissioned by H and R Developments as part of the program of integration of art and architecture for the City of Toronto. The entire plaza that is over 100 ft. long by about 33 ft. wide is designed as part of the work. The vent shafts to underground parking across the front of the site, that would have been massive concrete planters in the original plans, were razed and replaced with circular openings that house the supporting structure for the twenty-four spiral cut columns that turn to create the impression of a water fall.
All the language of the elements in this work is a translation of the experience of nature. My goal is to find a language and materials appropriate for the urban environment. Large boulders were cut and reassembled along the grid of the pavers to be seating in the warm weather. Inlaid into the pavers are sections of circles made from stainless steel to suggest the way light bounces off of water that has been disturbed. Small groves of honey locusts (on platforms to minimize the massive planters necessary for this site) frame the space and the stairs provide additional seating.
Measurements: 0.7656 x 4.872 x 1.3224 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: anodized aluminum, stone, stainless steel, concrete, honey locust trees
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Liquid Echo, detail 1 of 2
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9607
Description: Liquid Echo is an environmental work installed at 750 Bay Street in downtown Toronto in June of 1999, commissioned by H and R Developments as part of the program of integration of art and architecture for the City of Toronto. The entire plaza that is over 100 ft. long by about 33 ft. wide is designed as part of the work. The vent shafts to underground parking across the front of the site, that would have been massive concrete planters in the original plans, were razed and replaced with circular openings that house the supporting structure for the twenty-four spiral cut columns that turn to create the impression of a water fall.
All the language of the elements in this work is a translation of the experience of nature. My goal is to find a language and materials appropriate for the urban environment. Large boulders were cut and reassembled along the grid of the pavers to be seating in the warm weather. Inlaid into the pavers are sections of circles made from stainless steel to suggest the way light bounces off of water that has been disturbed. Small groves of honey locusts (on platforms to minimize the massive planters necessary for this site) frame the space and the stairs provide additional seating.
Measurements: 0.7656 x 4.872 x 1.3224 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: anodized aluminum, stone, stainless steel, concrete, honey locust trees
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Untitled (jumping rope)
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57097
Description: From the series Playthings
Measurements:
Collection:
Date Made: 1999
Materials: hemp rope, hair, wood
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, detail 1 of 4
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9612
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, detail 3 of 4
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9614
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, view 2 of 3
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9610
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, view 3 of 3
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9611
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
River Arch, detail 2 of 4
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 9613
Description: River Arch, installed in October 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba was commissioned by the City of Winnipeg to serve as a symbol of the city at its gateway where two new bridges span the Red River as you enter the downtown area. It was the winning proposal in a national competition. The asymmetrical parabolic arch made of stainless steel rises up out of the river to the shore between the bridges. It can be viewed from below on the river walk or from the river itself and is seen from many vantage points along the river and the roadways.
River Arch reflects the dynamic, modern Winnipeg in harmony with its past traditions and the natural world that surrounds the city. The textured concrete columns with stone bison bases and capitols rise up about 40 ft. and there are gold leafed wheat sheaves that appear to blow like golden flames on top. The arch itself is 60 ft. high from where it rises from the river. The image created from the stainless steel "pixels" is taken from a photograph of a harvested field with its parallel furrows that follow the contours of the land. Each of the images: the bison, the wheat and the plowed fields has been translated into standard two inch units, creating an urban, "digital" vocabulary for the natural world.
Measurements: 2.6274 x 2.6448 x 0.522 m
Collection: Public Commission
Date Made: 1999
Materials: stone, stainless steel, aluminum, gold leaf, concrete
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Bowling
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57098
Description: From the series Playthings
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Date Made: 2000
Materials: 100 blown glass pins, bowling ball
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Light Lines
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57102
Description: Installed in the summer of 2004 at the Tree Museum, a sculpture park north of Toronto near Gravenhurst
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Date Made: 2001
Materials: Small reflective discs, nylon netting cut into 6" strips
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Shame
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57100
Description: From the series Playthings
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Date Made: 2001
Materials: shoes, birchbark, tar
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Light Lines
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57103
Description: Installed in the summer of 2004 at the Tree Museum, a sculpture park north of Toronto near Gravenhurst
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Date Made: 2001
Materials: Small reflective discs, nylon netting cut into 6" strips
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Light Lines
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57104
Description: Installed in the summer of 2004 at the Tree Museum, a sculpture park north of Toronto near Gravenhurst
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Date Made: 2001
Materials: Small reflective discs, nylon netting cut into 6" strips
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
all in a row
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57099
Description: From the series Playthings
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Date Made: 2001
Materials: wood, bark, vines, lichen, pine needles, wasp nest each of 16 chairs
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Feather Top
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57101
Description: From the series Playthings
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Date Made: 2001
Materials: turkey feathers, bronze
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![White Whispers, [detail]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wid071.jpg)
White Whispers, [detail]
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57108
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Date Made: 2002
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![White Whispers, [detail]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wid081.jpg)
White Whispers, [detail]
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57110
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Date Made: 2002
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
White Whispers
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57106
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Date Made: 2002
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![White Whispers, [detail]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wid079.jpg)
White Whispers, [detail]
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57109
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Date Made: 2002
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
![White Whispers, [detail]](https://ccca.art/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/wid070.jpg)
White Whispers, [detail]
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57107
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Date Made: 2002
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
White Whispers
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57105
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Date Made: 2002
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nevertheless
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57115
Description: Installation for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Murchison Gallery, Provincetown, MA., June 2004
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Date Made: 2004
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nevertheless
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57111
Description: Installation for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Murchison Gallery, Provincetown, MA., June 2004
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Date Made: 2004
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nevertheless
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57113
Description: Installation for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Murchison Gallery, Provincetown, MA., June 2004
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Date Made: 2004
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nevertheless
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57112
Description: Installation for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Murchison Gallery, Provincetown, MA., June 2004
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Date Made: 2004
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Nevertheless
Artist: Catherine Widgery
Work ID: 57114
Description: Installation for the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Murchison Gallery, Provincetown, MA., June 2004
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Date Made: 2004
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Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
