When I was at Ottawa City Hall taking pictures of the memorials on the City Hall grounds from where I was where Cartier ends at Lisgar I saw these large stones standing in the courtyard next to the former Teacher's College. They look like a memorial, so I took a closer look. Ah! There's a plaque. From reading it, I concluded that the stones make up an art piece, not a memorial. At the same time the sentiment of the artist resonated with me, so I photographed the piece and here are the pictures.
The artist, David Ruben Piqtoukun, is an Inuk from Paulatuk, Northwest Territories.
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| THE LOST CHILD 1989 DAVID RUBEN-PIQTOUKUN, 1950 Northwest Territories Kingston Hue Sandstone The Lost Child represents conceptually the experience of the artist as a young child visiting Edmonton with its overwhelming urban skyline. David states "We have all been lost at some point in our lives." |
