GREAT WALL OF CALGARY: Ron Moppett’s tribute to local history
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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"THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER"
Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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"THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER"
Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
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"THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER"
Ron Moppett, "THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER," 2012, Venetian and Mexican glass mosaic tile and stone mosaic tile mounted on a concrete and steel support structure with metal flashing surround, 14' x 114'.
GREAT WALL OF CALGARY
Ron Moppett’s tribute to local history
Calgary residents can't help but notice a colourful new piece of public art – an enormous mosaic of stone and glass tiles created by longtime Calgary artist Ron Moppett.
The work, located on Riverfront Lane in the East Village, is 114 feet long and 14 feet high. Titled THESAMEWAYBETTER/READER, it contains more than 950,000 tiles and was completed with the help of German stained-glass experts Mayer of Munich.
Moppett hopes the work's narrative structure will engage passersby. “Its five panels tell a story of a genesis of a place – a village and neighbourhood, a city and a province – all presented in a manner which is abstract, ambiguous, open, colourful and playful,” he says.
The title pays tribute to the city’s redevelopment efforts as well as William Reader, one of Calgary’s first urban planners. Moppett, a senior Canadian artist, has exhibited his work widely in Canada, Europe and the United States.
