New public art at Parc de l’Ukraine in Montreal
Posted May 6, 2022 2:01 pm.
Last Updated May 6, 2022 6:52 pm.
New public art was inaugurated Friday at Parc de l’Ukraine in the Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie borough. Home to much of Montreal’s Ukrainian community.
Called “Entrelacs” – or interlacing in English – it looks like ribbons. An open weaving in three dimensions. Open to the past and to the future, explained Brazilian artist Giorgia Volpe, who won a competition organized by the city to create the six foot piece.
Inspired by the “Pysanska,” intricately decorated Easter eggs rich with symbols, the public art is an homage to Ukraine and the community in Montreal she says. Celebrating their culture and traditions
Volpe asked the community to help by writing words that were important to them and including them in the work. It also has leaves, stars, and the sun in it’s design.
By its dynamic form turned on its axis, the sculpture invites the visitors of the park to go through it and experience their movements, transforming itself according to their point of view.
Interlacing also evokes the notion of identity DNA and becomes a symbolic and unifying receptacle of Ukrainian culture in Montreal.
Members of the Ukrainian community, as well as Mayor Valérie Plante, Ericka Alneus, city councillor for Rosemont and responsible for culture and the patrimoine for the executive committee, as well as others were also at the unveiling.
The piece can be seen in the park, at the intersection of 12th avenue and Bellechasse.
