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Anishinaabe artist Michael Belmore has been selected by the Gordie Howe International Bridge project team as the successful candidate for the Indigenous art commission to be installed on the new bridge’s Canadian plaza.
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Belmore will create a 2.7-metre, free-standing sculpture that recognizes and celebrates the history, traditions and culture of Indigenous people in Canada. The centrally located artwork will be visible to travellers as they enter and exit Canada.
The concept is still being developed by Belmore, with installation anticipated before the end of 2023.
Belmore has met with representatives from Caldwell First Nation and Walpole Island First Nation to hear how the artwork can best reflect images symbolic of local Indigenous peoples.
“As an Anishinaabe person, I see my work as animate, as having agency and memory,” Belmore said.
“My practice is based around human collaboration with materials, linking human lifetime to geological and deep time. With these tenets in mind, the work I create endures beyond our lifetime.”
The site of the Gordie Howe bridge along the Detroit River on Windsor’s west end has “long-standing connections” to local Indigenous people, said Heather Grondin, vice-president of corporate affairs for the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority which is overseeing construction.
“This artwork will recognize these connections in a highly visible way for people to consider as they make their way on their travels,” she said.
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