2018-12-31T14:54:59+00:00

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section III ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Holodomor Memorial [Bitter Memories of Childhood]/2018 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Petro Drozdowsky Object Type/Medium Sculpture/Bronze Subject Holodomor, genocide by famine carried out in Ukraine by the Soviet government from 1932 to 1933 Venue Exhibition Place Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor [...]

2018-02-03T02:12:27+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Dr. George Robert Grasett Memorial/2018 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Denegri Bessai Studio Object Type/Medium Sheltering elements; benches/Laminated glass; granite Subject Dr. George Robert Grasett, Canadian physician, Chief Medical Officer at the Emigrant Hospital  & Mass migration of Irish to Canada in 1847 Venue Dr. George Robert Grasett [...]

2018-11-16T12:50:00+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Dr. Sun Yat-Sen/2017 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Huang Wei Zhu  Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925), physician, politician and founding father of the Republic of China Venue Chinatown Centre Mall Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/National Congress of Chinese Canadians Ethno-cultural Community [...]

2018-02-03T02:09:52+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Italian Fallen Workers Memorial/2016  Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Giannone Petricone Architects and Dominus Construction Group Object Type/Medium Columns/Aluminium; concrete Subject Thousand Italian Canadian workers who have died in workplace accidents in Ontario since 1900 Venue Toronto’s Columbus Centre  Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private [...]

2018-02-03T02:08:54+00:00

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section I ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Peace Monument/2015 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Kim Un Seng and Kim Suk Jeong Object Type/Medium Statue; chair; base/Bronze; granite Subject "Comfort Women," women and girls forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War [...]

2018-02-03T02:07:54+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar/2015 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Unkown Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, father of the Indian Constitution Venue Scott Library, York University Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Ambedkar International Mission (AIM) to York University Ethno-cultural Community Indian community Additional [...]

2018-02-03T02:02:46+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Norman Bethune/2014 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) David Pellettier Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian physician & Chinese hero Venue Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/China Cultural Industry Association & Millennium Golden Eagle International & [...]

2018-02-03T01:57:36+00:00

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section II ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Goddess of Democracy/2012 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ruth Abernethy Object Type/Medium Statue/Bronze Subject Victims of the Tiananmen Square Uprising, Beijing (1989) Venue Student Centre, York University Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Toronto Association for Democracy in China to [...]

2018-02-03T01:49:53+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Mohammad Ali Jinnah/2007 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) David McDougall Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), founder of Pakistan  Venue North side of the Curtis Lecture Hall, York University Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Consulate Generale of Pakistan in Toronto & Pakistani Students' [...]

2018-02-03T01:48:06+00:00

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section III ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Irish Famine Memorial/2007 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Rowan Gillespie Object Type/Medium Statue group/Bronze Subject Potato Famine (1845-1851) Venue Ireland Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Ireland Park Foundation Ethno-cultural Community Irish community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 [...]

2018-02-03T01:43:45+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Air India Memorial [Kanishka Memorial]/2007 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Peter Klambauer/R. Bouwmeester & Associates Object Type/Medium Walls; sundial/Granite; stone; steel Subject Victims of Air India Flight 182 (1985) Venue Humber Bay Park East  Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Government of Canada & Air India Victims' Families Association to [...]

2018-02-03T01:40:41+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Rabindranath Tagore/2005 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Gautam Pal Object Type/Medium Bust/Bronze Subject Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Bengali writer Venue Ivey Library, University of Toronto Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/New College & Soust Asian Studies University of Toronto to the University of Toronto  Ethno-cultural Community [...]

2018-02-03T01:40:00+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Johnny Lombardi Memorial/2004 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales/Ferris+Associates Object Type/Medium Statues; benches/Bronze; granite Subject Johnny Barbalinardo Lombardi (1915-2002), founder of Toronto's CHIN radio station and "Mayor of Toronto's Little Italy" Venue Piazza Johnny Lombardi  Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor [...]

2018-02-03T01:29:34+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument to the Greek Genocide of 1914-1923/2000 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Global Monuments Inc. (generic) Object Type/Medium Column; base/Marble; granite Subject Victims of the Pontian Greek Genocide (1914-1923) Venue True Davidson Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Pontian Brotherhood of Toronto to the City [...]

2018-02-03T01:26:02+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Dr. Jose P. Rizal/1999 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Abdulmari de Leon Imao Jr. (Toym Imao) Object Type/Medium Bust; pedestal/Bronze; granite Subject José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (1861-1896) National Hero of the Philippines Venue Earl Bales Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Toronto's Philippine [...]

2018-02-03T01:20:46+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Monument to Italian-Canadian Immigrants/1998 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Frank Varga Object Type/Medium Statue group; pedestal/Bronze; granite Subject Italian immigrant family Venue Joseph Piccininni Centre  Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Private commission/Italian-Canadian Immigrant Commemorative Association Ethno-cultural Community Italian community Additional Electronic Resources LINK 1 LINK [...]

2018-02-03T01:17:46+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Mahatma Gandhi/1998 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ram Sutar Object Type/Medium Buste/Bronze Subject Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Indian nation Venue University College Library, University of Toronto  Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Governement of India to the University of Toronto Ethno-cultural Community Indian community Additional [...]

2018-02-03T01:15:39+00:00

ARTWORK  INFORMATION Title/Year Mahatma Gandhi/1998 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ram Sutar Object Type/Medium Buste/Bronze Subject Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Indian nation Venue Scott Library Lobby, York University Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Governement of India to York University Ethno-cultural Community Indian community Additional Electronic Resources LINK [...]

2018-02-03T00:30:38+00:00

ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year The Raoul Wallenberg Memorial/1996 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Ernest Raab Object Type/Medium Buste/Bronze Subject Raoul Wallenberg (1912-unknown), Swedish diplomat stationed in Budapest, Hungary, from July 1944 to January 1945 Venue Earl Bales Park Acquisition Method/Commissioner or Donor Gift/Toronto Jewish Community to the City [...]

2018-02-02T23:45:25+00:00

Exhibition Foreign Pasts, Section II ARTWORK INFORMATION Title/Year Broken Bicycle/1992 Artist (s) or Architect(s) or Designer (s) Bruce Parsons and Gu Xiu Hei Object Type/Medium Wall sculpture/Bronze Subject Victims of the Tiananmen Square Uprising (1989) Venue UTSU building, University of Toronto Acquisition Method /Commissioner or Donor Gift/Toronto Association [...]