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News Sports Music Radio TV My Region More Watch Listen Search Search LIVE Manitoba More Streams Manitoba Radio One Listen Live Home World Canada Politics Business Health Arts & Entertainment Technology & Science Community Weather Video Canada Manitoba Photo Galleries Winnipeg artist's sculpture going to Vancouver Biennale Bird Wrap by Ivan Eyre will be installed at Thornton Park until July 2016 CBC News Posted: May 02, 2014 3:52 PM CT | Last Updated: May 02, 2014 3:52 PM CT A bronze sculpture by Winnipeg artist Ivan Eyre will be installed at a Stay Connected with CBC News Related Stories Vancouver park this month as part of the 2014 Vancouver Biennale, a ■ Winnipeg sculptor celebration of art in public spaces. donates work to Mobile Facebook Podcasts Twitter Alerts Newsletter McMichael Bird Wrap, Eyre's 2.4-metre sculpture of a kneeling "mythical bird man," is being transported to Vancouver, where it will take up residence at Thornton Park until July 2016. The sculpture will be the first major work to be installed in the latest Biennale, according to organizers. Eyre is a painter and sculptor who taught at the University of Manitoba until his retirement in 1993. He has had numerous solo shows since 1962 and his work is Latest Manitoba News Headlines collected throughout Canada. Nine of his ■ Thomas Steen back at city hall following arrest works are in a sculpture garden that opened in July 2011 at the Bird Wrap, a bronze sculpture by Ivan Eyre, is show n at a McMichael Canadian sculpture garden that opened in July 2011 at the McMichael ■ UN report critical of Canada’s treatment of First Nations Art Collection in Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ont. (Submitted by Loch Gallery) Kleinberg, Ont. ■ Blue Bombers fumble on field but score big revenues anyway "For me, the motivation to sculpt or paint is fundamental in itself in going ■ Winnipeg Beach opens new art gallery for town's forward in search of perfection, meaning and uniqueness," Eyre stated in centennial a news release. ■ True North takes over Burton Cummings Theatre in Artists from 25 countries and four continents have taken part in the Winnipeg Vancouver Biennale. This year marks its third anniversary. Must Watch Report Typo Top News Headlines Send Feedback ■ Huge Antarctic ice sheet melts past 'point of no return' ■ Vote against fair elections act, Tom Mulcair tells Conservative MPs ■ Nigerian schoolgirls: 'There was no way for them to escape' ■ Robots on farms: It's about 'working smarter, not harder' ■ Powell Group's $250M lawsuit over lost government IT contract alleges irregularities Most Viewed ■ Russian, Ukrainian-Winnipeggers clash at Manitoba Legislature ■ Weather turns a cold shoulder on Manitoba ■ Manitoba to blast zebra mussels in unique experiment ■ Manitoba lodge-owner owed $3M from MANFF for housing evacuees ■ RCMP arrest 2 youths for fire on southwestern Manitoba farm ■ Traffic stop nets Winnipeg police 2 loaded semi- automatic guns ■ Winnipeg firefighters take on brush fire in Assiniboine Forest ■ American military deserter fundraising to support family ■ Former Winnipeg city Coun. Shirley Timm-Rudolph dies Special Coverage » Is your property at risk? Find out with our map FROZEN PIPES How frozen pipes are thawed INFOGRAPHIC Don't Miss JUNOS FIFA releases date for SNOW ORDEAL FILM TREES BEING AXED CHILD WELFARE NEW Women’s World Cup 13 Manitobans nominated Steinbach couple Philip Seymour Hoffman's Conservatory to lose Reaction to Phoenix Most Manitoba care game in Winnipeg game in Winnipeg ahead of Winnipeg show survives 26 hours in death mourned in 100-year-old trees in Sinclair inquiry report homes w ith no sprinklers blizzard Winnipeg move mixed are in rural areas CBC.ca CORPORATE Aboriginal Kids' CBC Wonder World Subscriptions About CBC Independent Producers Books Music CBC Player Transparency and Accountability Pitch a Radio or Audio Program Contests New s CBC Shop Jobs Program and Content Sales Digital Archives Parents Production Facilities Archive Sales Documentaries Program Guide Mobile Production Rentals Educational Sales Kids Radio Ombudsman Image Research Library & Still Photos Kids' CBC Preschool Sports CBC: Get the Facts Consumer Recordings Television Digital TV STAY CONNECTED MOBILE RSS PODCASTS MEMBER SERVICES: NEWSLETTERS & ALERTS Terms Of Use Reuse & Permissions Advertise Privacy Site Map Help Contact Us Copyright © CBC 2014 cbc.radio-canada.ca cbc.ca radio-canada.ca.