Manitoba Hydro Building Tour viewing Art Collection, July 26 2012
Many thanks to Victoria Nikkel, Curatorial Assistant, Manitoba Hydro
for showing me around this amazing building and showing me a good selection of the Fine Art collection.
An Award Winning Building:
2009 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)‘s Best Tall Building Americas award. At the time, CTBUH said Manitoba Hydro Place “was designed to be completely site specific. The design could not be transplanted to another city and still work, thus making it the perfect response to the seeming homogenization of the world’s skylines.”[11]
Canadian Consulting Engineering – Award of Excellence[17]
Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Manitoba (Consulting Engineers of Manitoba) – Keystone Award and Award of Excellence[17]
Consulting Engineers of Alberta – Award of Excellence Sustainable Design[17]
It is the mandate of Manitoba Hydro to collect and share art.
Much of the art is on public display on the main floor, but the rest of the 22 storey building is also filled with art for the employees to enjoy.
The curator, Leona Herzog, had put forward a plan to only collect artwork from living Manitoba artists, thus aiding the arts community in Winnipeg and the province greatly.
Before 2009, when the building was completed, there was no concerted effort to collect art, and with this new Modern building, Mrs Herzog instigated this curatorial goal.
The Manitoba Hydro collection now has 250 works by 107 artists as of July 2012.
3 thoughts on “Manitoba Hydro Building Tour viewing Art Collection, July 26 2012”
HOT DAMN! Love all the photos, but eSPECIALly #1 and #3 with the heavvvy sky. archirockture photography.
The art collection within the Hydro Building is fantastic! It was smart that they approached the individual artist to purchase works rather than going through a commercial gallery which reduces the amount an artist would take home in their pocket. There are world class Artists in the collection as well…… Gouthro, Cannizzaro, Koop, Fafard.
Thanks Hydro for making Winnipeg a better place!
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HOT DAMN! Love all the photos, but eSPECIALly #1 and #3 with the heavvvy sky. archirockture photography.
The art collection within the Hydro Building is fantastic! It was smart that they approached the individual artist to purchase works rather than going through a commercial gallery which reduces the amount an artist would take home in their pocket. There are world class Artists in the collection as well…… Gouthro, Cannizzaro, Koop, Fafard.
Thanks Hydro for making Winnipeg a better place!
I agree!