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TORONTO PUBLIC

ART PATH

Create your path

Scroll through locations. When you click on the address, the red maker changes to yellow, showing the location.

1. Double Vision, (2010) ~Shayne Dark Ponder the urban forest.	2. Double Take, (2014) ~ Shayne Dark Follow the shapes and angles.	3. La Scala, (2003) ~ Colette Whiten & Paul Kipps Climbing the corporate ladder?
4. Liquid Echo, (1999) ~ Catherine Widgery How do the natural elements (wind, light, water) play with the stainless steel circles?	5. Straight Flush, (2009) ~ James Turrell Watch the five glass panels. They ask you to slow down and observe the continual sequencing of colour.	6. A Small Part of Something Larger, (2011) ~ Stephen Andrews After you have had a close look, step back and see how the 500,000 tiles read differently.
7. Catch Basin, (1982) ~ Nancy Holt Celebrate water as you observe it in the basin before it is gone. See the sculpture in relation to St. James Cathedral near it.	8. Between The Eyes, (1990) ~ Richard Deacon Egg beaters? Seeing clearly? How do the shapes differ?	9. Nautilus, (1992) ~ Judith Schwartz Ships helm? Waves? Walk around and change your perspective.
10. Best Beach, (2015) ~ Sarah Anne Johnson A photographic composite of Toronto Island's South Shore in a downtown concrete jungle asks you to consider what is real and what is fantasy.	11. Remembered Sustenance, (1992) ~ Cynthia Short Can you find two child-size bronze birds and a ballerina?	12. The Audience, (1989) ~ Michael Snow You don't have to be in the stadium to see the fans.
13. Thing's End, (2012) ~ James Carl A 1,400 pound lowly rubber band getting the respect it deserves. Or is it a loop of film?	14. Ballast, (2013) ~ Jeb Lind Cast bronze geodesic patterned five meter tall model ship. Is it rising or sinking?	15. Graffiti Alley A not commissioned, ever changing kilometer of outdoor gallery space for graffiti artists.
16. Fort York Library, (2014) Margaret Attwood's poetry on the exterior is based on Susanna Moodie's journals. Look up at the perforated vertical fins illustrated by Charles Pachter.	17. Canoe Lake, (2009) ~ Douglas Coupland The multicoloured bobbers become the exclamation point for the giant red canoe called "Let's Make Love." (Based on remarks by former PM P.E. Trudeau) Located on a bluff, made from 20,000 dump truck loads of excavated dirt.	18. Approaching Red, (2013) ~ Maha Mustafa See Toronto reflected through crimson glasses.
19. Gardiner Streams, (2013) ~ Katherine Harvery Imagine the streams of car light on the nearby Gardiner expressway. Look closely in the three-tiered imaged window and you may see someone in the pool inside.	20. Mitosis Courtyard, (2007-2010) ~ Pierre Poussin Think streaming cells, water, molecular motion. Note how the laser cut columns (ranging from six feet to fourteen feet) change in daylight and dark.	21. Fountaingrove, (2014) ~ Carlos Cesta & Nestor Kruger Think ornamental frozen fountain geyser - look for sparkling glass beads in the sidewalk. Have a seat in the rock.
22. June Callwood Park, (2014) ~Moffat and Bates; gh3 Look for bright pink rubberized benches that form a maze, the lone Callwood Appletree, and listen for sound coming from 24 columns honouring social activist June Callwood.	23. Fence on the Loose, (2012) ~ Vito Acconci Undulating hand hammered steel ribbons blur the lines between public and private. Is it a fence? Seats? Canopy? Privacy wall?	24. Guardians, (2013) ~ Olaf Breuning Five figures between three and six meters high made of three parts. Look for the two dimples in each of the steel spheres. Do you see your reflection?
25. Split Rock Gap, (2014) ~ Francisco Gazitua Think of the geological and natural history of Canada.	26. Monoceros, (2013) ~ Fastwurms Check out the 8' by 3.5' bronze frog with 400 unique warts and the big dipper on his back. Look for tadpoles and ancient coins in the Narwhal tusk. Both the frog and the tusk serve as way-finders for Liberty Village symbolizing prosperity.	27. Rotating Mural Project Be on the lookout for murals throughout our city; sponsored by StreetARToronto
28. You've Changed, (2012) ~ Jesse Harris This message is adjacent to The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. It is also a nod to the gentrification of Queen West.	29. Spirits of the Grotto, (2012) ~ Luis Jacob Look through the pillars at the thirty-four units of metal, at the masks of large eyes made of mosaics. Each has its own personality and relationship to the neighbourhood.	30. Chem Trails Toronto, (2014) ~ Maya Hayuk Are you following the trail?

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