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Earth Art
Earth Art
Earth Art, also known as “Ephemeral Art”, is an exciting genre of art that has emerged of the contemporary world’s growing environmental consciousness. Art is created using natural elements – earth, stone, trees, plants, even ice, to create an art form that dialogues with nature.
Sculpture Locations
RBG’s Sculpture collections can be found throughout Hendrie Park / RBG Centre (680 Plains Road W. Burlington) and Rock Garden (1185 York Boulevard, Hamilton).
Click the link to download a map outlining sculpture placement within the garden (pdf).
Organic Refuge
Artist: Alfio Bonanno
Denmark; 2014
This is a water-based organic tower that incorporates various species of living small trees, bushes, and plants that can grow in this specific area. At the same time, it attracts and offers shelter to birds, insects, and other living creatures.
“With all of my projects, I want to create something site specific that collaborates with the natural environment around it. For such a high-traffi c area, Organic Refuge incorporates plants and provides shelter for the animals I have seen here: water snakes, snapping turtles, fish, butterflies, dragonflies and other insects. This tower is a sustainable biodiversity project, providing a safe haven for wildlife.”
Shelter
Artist: LArthur de Mowbray
United Kingdom; 2008
This installation offers a place to reflect on the surrounding environment. It responds to the environment and shelters people underneath its naturally curved roof.
“I like to make art that has a purpose and uses elements in nature. I built a dynamic structure that responds to the climate. This work is a shelter from the weather, the rain. It is curved and shaped into a design that works with nature. I hope visitors use the structure as a place to rest, to reflect and to appreciate the surrounding environment.”
Venus and Marte
Artist: Pilar Ovalle
Canada; 2008
These sculptures create human faces as the art merges with the smooth wood. They stand together in partnership.
“The two heads symbolize the male and female heart of the same brain, but are separated. the female has wood and is more grounded, with woven wood overtop. The male has a round head and lines on the top to connect him to the cosmos and the rational part of the mind.”
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Artist: Neville Gabie
United Kingdom; 2008
The title is a mathematical equation used to calculate the total volume of wood in a tree while it is still standing. RBG’s science and conservation staff calculated the total volume of this red oak (killed by gypsy moths). The resulting work is the entire tree, from the largest sections of the trunk to the smallest branches.
“The work is as much about the space that is left by the absence of the tree in the forest canopy as it is about the object itself. It is located just 30 metres inside the last remainders of a wilderness area and in line with formal gardens — the sort of location in which I often choose to work.”
More Art in the Gardens
Art brings beauty into our gardens, adds a human element, tells a story, and creates dialogue. Discover the abundance of art installations that grace our garden setting.
Dan Lawrie International Sculpture Collection
In 2013 Dan Lawrie, Hamilton businessman and Burlington resident, made a 10-year commitment to donating sculpture to Royal Botanical Gardens, creating The International Sculpture Collection.
Legacy Art and Sculpture
Discover some of the lesser-known art pieces that have found their home at the Gardens throughout its rich history.
