Water Planet

Vazan is a leading figure in Canadian Land Art, a movement that evolved in the 1960s and promotes the use of natural materials. These sculptures belong to a series of standing stones (menhirs) started in the 1970s. The patterning on the rocks reflects their origins in the Canadian Shield: the engraving on Black Nest evokes a pit teeming with snakes; the spirals in Water Planet conjure whirlpools. Vazan draws from both contemporary and ancient symbolic motifs to lend an air of mystery to both works.