Made possible by the support of investors, and the generous cooperation of InTransit BC, and the City of Vancouver, David Robinson's Equestrian Monument has taken up a six month residence in the heart of Yaletown, a prime location that will showcase this fine bronze work to Vancouverites as well as many thousands of international Olympic visitors.
Location: Canada-Line Yaletown Station plaza, 1180 Mainland, Vancouver, BC
Equestrian is the seminal work in what has become a recurring theme in Robinson’s oeuvre; its inconclusive narrative moment binding motifs both mythical and historical. The gaze of the rider is set upon some unseen horizon, as the burdened beast labours, very much in the here-and-now. Together they negotiate a terrain away from the past, away from the binding paradigms of fate, but still toward an uncertain future.
The equestrian monument prevails in endless variety across the history of art.
In a time before I had learned of their often violent and imperial past, with the eyes of a child I saw these archaic bronzes in their simplest and most mythic form: full of narrative, free of history.
This first impression has stayed with me as I find myself returning time and again to the unraveling and reprising of the equestrian theme in my own artwork. Now thoroughly out-moded, and thus freed of its political harness, I periodically inquire after this troubled partnership of man and beast as they wander the imagination - a vivid motif in search of a better story.
David Robinson, October 2009
I consider it a great privilege to have been asked to participate in this event for the benefit of the Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Not only for the worthiness of the cause in general , but for the particular gratitude that my family owes them for their sustained support and care for my nephew Sam Treschow and his family over the last fourteen years.
I hope you will join us in this event celebrating and supporting the work of Canuck Place.
November 21 - 23 2008 @ the Robinson Studio as part of the East Van Culture Crawl
November 20, 6pm @ the Robinson Studio Gallery
October 25 - November 29 2008 @ the Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston TX
Robinson Studio Gallery will be holding a public reception on Friday November 16, 5-10 PM. This event is part of the East Side Culture Crawl.
Launch of the Robinson Studio Gallery. Available by appointment, the gallery will be an ongoing local venue by which consultants, art dealers, and individual collectors may view the work of Canadian sculptor David Robinson.
The Robinson Studio Gallery is located in suite 440 of the 1000 Parker Street Terminals, a hub of visual arts culture in Vancouver, BC.
Robinson Studios has just acquired an 800 ft space in 1000 Parker St. to house a permanent gallery for David Robinson’s work. We hope to have an opening event early in 2007. Please check back for event details, and contact us if you would like to be added to the mailing list.
David Robinson is currently completing a new series of pieces for inclusion in Maquettes and Lesser Digressions , which opens July 15, 2006 at the Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art in Calgary, AB.
This year David has created two new public art works (see Commissioned Work) in conjunction with Polygon Homes of Vancouver, and the City of Richmond.
Photo by Ian Bauer