Client: Oxford Properties Group
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Completion date: 2020
Project Team
Art Consultant
Tatar Art projects
Artist
Jaume Plensa
AOR
WZMH
Design Architect
KPF
Gallery Representation for Jaume Plensa
Gray Gallery
Overview
Tatar Art Projects, a global art consulting firm, worked with Oxford Properties Group, to realize this public art commission. Jaume Plensa, an internationally renowned, Barcelona-based artist created a signature work to complement and anchor the plaza of a new building designed by New York based architects Kohn Pedersen Fox & Toronto’s WZMH, to transcend the financial district into a physically engaging space for the community.
Goals
The client’s aim was to transcend the financial district into a physically engaging space for the community while enhancing the architectural narrative of Oxford’s buildings.
Additional Information
Tatar Art Projects (TAP), is leading today’s public art community internationally for over twenty-five years by connecting artists to global clients and enhancing a multidisciplinary approach to storytelling. TAP works strategically under a nine-step public art process, enhancing impactful place-making of sustainability while highlighting voices of diversity. TAP’s in-house team incorporates highly technical and experienced public art programmers for both interior and exterior public spaces. Each project uniquely implements tools to create comprehensive art strategies, embodying inclusive, accessible, vibrant and liveable spaces.