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Station Square sculptures

            “Fordite”, public art sculptures, by, Douglas Coupland, at Station Square,
Station Square,  Burnaby, British Columbia,  Canada

The piece is, in fact, four separate stacks of blobs in the Station Square area of Metrotown—three shorter ones right outside JJ Bean and a fourth 50-foot one outside a new condo tower by developers Anthem and Beedie at the corner of Kingsway and McKay Avenue.

So what are the blobs, you ask? The blobs that form each kebab are oblong shapes exuding colour in patterns that evoke images of oil.

And that’s fitting, given that each blob is actually meant to represent a car.

The oily colour patterns actually come from an old automotive paint known as fordite, Detroit agate, or Motor City agate.

Coupland said he chose this style to honour a piece of Metrotown history, when, from 1938 to 1988, a Ford assembly plant operated in the area.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Burnaby / Metrotown (show map)

Taken on: August 21, 2024

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