> Drever’s “Seated Bear and Friends” is the newest piece of public art to be unveiled in Toronto, and has already charmed curious onlookers, with one online commenter dubbing the statue “Bearbraham Lincoln.”
> She is 6,000 kilograms of bronze and 27,000 kilograms of granite. The final price tag is still being calculated but, along with her six human-sized bronze bear friends — or, as Drever calls them, “subjects” — placed nearby, the art installation is expected to end up somewhere in the range of $3 million. That’s about triple the cost of the initial 2021 estimate — due to rising material and labour costs, Drever says, similar to what has been seen in the construction industry.
> The sculptor acknowledges it’s an unusually high budget, even for pieces commissioned, like this one, through the city’s ”Percent for Public Art” program.
@bezt kinda surprised how it could charm onlookers, as it's totally surrounded by fences. I took this from across a very busy road, about as close as I could get
> Drever’s “Seated Bear and Friends” is the newest piece of public art to be unveiled in Toronto, and has already charmed curious onlookers, with one online commenter dubbing the statue “Bearbraham Lincoln.”
> She is 6,000 kilograms of bronze and 27,000 kilograms of granite. The final price tag is still being calculated but, along with her six human-sized bronze bear friends — or, as Drever calls them, “subjects” — placed nearby, the art installation is expected to end up somewhere in the range of $3 million. That’s about triple the cost of the initial 2021 estimate — due to rising material and labour costs, Drever says, similar to what has been seen in the construction industry.
> The sculptor acknowledges it’s an unusually high budget, even for pieces commissioned, like this one, through the city’s ”Percent for Public Art” program.