“Some people have said, even in defending me, they say it’s not a Christian cross. It’s a Roman cross and so on. Some people attacked it for its religious aspect. And I would always shock my friends by saying of course it’s a Christian cross. That’s what gives a pathos. If it was a Roman cross, there be no pathos. It’s the story… But they said, you’re not Christian. I said, I know, but I’m an artist. I can borrow the trials and tribulations of Christ, the cross in Calvary. Plus that side of Vancouver had a lot of—still does—Catholic schools.”
Art & Influence
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Schematic drawing for Monument for East Vancouver, 2010