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visual laurel 2023-06-10 11:00:25

“Proportional representation will ensure that a minority will never rule. It also will ensure that no considerable minority will ever be excluded from having a voice Is that not democracy?

"What have the self- appointed protagonists of democracy and majority rule in this House to say about that?

"Are they opposed to a minority having a voice?

"Are they opposed to majority rule?”

—William Irvine, MP (1923) [Pictured] https://www.lipad.ca/full/permalink/643351/

Sawdust Angelus (2005)Michael Jacob AmbedianCity of Kitchener…


Michael Jacob Ambedian ~ Sawdust Angelus (2005)


Detail: Michael Jacob Ambedian ~ Sawdust Angelus (2005)


Detail: Michael Jacob Ambedian ~ Sawdust Angelus (2005)


Detail: Michael Jacob Ambedian ~ Sawdust Angelus (2005)


Detail: Michael Jacob Ambedian ~ Sawdust Angelus (2005)






inspiration: Jean-François Millet ~ “L'Angélus” (1957-1859)

Sawdust Angelus (2005)

Michael Jacob Ambedian
City of Kitchener Artist-In-Residence 2002-3
Materials: sawdust, carpenter’s glue, granite

The sculpture was inspired by the Jean-François Millet painting “L'Angélus”  (circa 1859)