{"id":1002,"date":"2026-01-20T14:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latchamartsdev.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=public_art&#038;p=1002"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:20:57","slug":"blue-angel","status":"publish","type":"public_art","link":"https:\/\/www.latchamartcentre.ca\/fr\/public_art\/blue-angel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange bleu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Angel est une des premi\u00e8res \u0153uvres de Ron Baird, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e entre 1979 et 1984. C&#039;est la deuxi\u00e8me \u0153uvre de Baird \u00e0 int\u00e9grer le parcours de sculptures, apr\u00e8s Nutum (acquise en 1980). Cette pi\u00e8ce repr\u00e9sente le d\u00e9but de la carri\u00e8re de Baird, marqu\u00e9 par son ambitieux travail de soudure manuelle de l&#039;acier et la cr\u00e9ation de grandes formes abstraites et massives.<\/p>\n<p>L&#039;\u0153uvre est volontairement abstraite. Malgr\u00e9 son titre, chacun peut y voir diff\u00e9rentes significations\u00a0: oiseau, ancre, soc de charrue, etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c Mon d\u00e9fi est de cr\u00e9er des \u0153uvres \u00e0 la fois esth\u00e9tiquement complexes et visuellement simples, invitant les spectateurs \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir leur propre magie et leur propre sens de l&#039;existence \u00e0 travers leurs r\u00e9actions. Je m&#039;inspire non seulement de la nature, mais aussi des arch\u00e9types qui nous sont familiers. L&#039;interpr\u00e9tation de ces cr\u00e9ations variera en fonction de nos exp\u00e9riences de vie uniques, mais les th\u00e8mes abord\u00e9s sont universels. \u201d \u2013 Ron Baird<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Angel is one of Ron Baird\u2019s earlier works, taking from 1979 to 1984 to complete. 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