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<\/a><\/p>\r\nRubbing my bruised back (which has now turned a brilliant shade of purple), I looked\u00a0around for a plaque or an engraving or some sort of explanation but there was nothing and so slightly bemused, I went about my day and looked it up as soon as I got home\u00a0(I may or may not have Googled \u2018white sticks uoft utsu lawn meaning\u2019).<\/p>\r\n Turns out, they\u2019re actually an art piece by James Gillespie installed in 1984.<\/p>\r\n Yes- Art<\/em><\/strong>. I scoffed at the screen for a few seconds, but then read further and found out something interesting- so the artist actually positioned the tips of the structures\u00a0so that if you stand in front of the shortest pole facing south and align all their tips together, you\u2019ll see that they all point up towards the CN Tower.<\/p>\r\n Pretty cool.<\/p>\r\n I think what the artist was trying to convey by connecting the \u2018contemporary CN Tower' with the more \u2018ancient\u2019 pyramid-like structures was not only the university\u2019s rich history but also how U of T is linked to the world beyond campus and how important it is to look up at the bigger picture. That\u2019s what I got out of it, at least.<\/p>\r\n Gillespie\u2019s 'Sight Line'(s) are just one of many art pieces across campus-<\/p>\r\n Broken Bicycle,\u00a0by Gu\u00a0Xiu Hei, 1992<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location<\/strong>: UTSU Building<\/p>\r\n This piece is dedicated to the students who died during the 1989 student uprising in Tianamen Square in China.<\/p>\r\n Ancient Greek god of Commerce, Hermes<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location<\/strong>: Hart House quad<\/p>\r\n Norman Bethune, by David Pelletier, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location<\/strong>: near entrance of MedSci<\/p>\r\n Bethune was a Canadian surgeon and politician, widely known in China for his contributions to wartime medicine. He spent the last years of his life treating soldiers on the battlefield in remote regions of China and brought modern medicine such as the\u00a0mobile blood bank to chaotic field lines. It is said that because of how hard he worked during his time in China, \u00a0photographs of him at age 49 seem to depict a man in his 70s. Upon his death in 1939, he was personally paid tribute to by Mao Zhedong- and with multiple statues of him all over the country- remains one of the few Westerners of the time to be as widely celebrated in China.<\/p>\r\n John Graves Simcoe, by Walter Seymour Allward, 1903<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location<\/strong>: Southern side of Queen\u2019s Park<\/p>\r\n One of many historical figures to be immortalized in statues around Queen's Park, Simcoe was a British army officer and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Canada. He was first sent to America at the time of the War of Independence and known for his skill in the battlefield- but it was also in America that he wrote the first ever recorded Valentine\u2019s Day letter- to an American girl called Sally Townsend. There's more to that story, you can read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n Hart House Mask, Evan Grant Penny, 1990<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Outside entrance to\u00a0Justina M. Barnicke Gallery<\/p>\r\n if you\u00a0view this piece from different angles, you'll see\u00a0the profile\u00a0of a man's face shifting and looking out in different perspectives- quite fascinating Businessman on a Horse, William McElcheran<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location: <\/strong>St. Michael's College<\/p>\r\n This piece depicts a portly gentleman with a haughty expression and his nose in the air, strangely enough-seated on a horse- something usually reserved for wartime heroes.<\/p>\r\n In this satiric piece, I think McElcheran is trying to highlight the narcissistic, self-indulgent attitudes of some in the corporate world who believe they are heroes when in reality, they are riding unpredictable horses without saddles or reigns, lucky not to be thrown off- much like riding the unpredictable ups and downs of the economy.<\/p>\r\n Waves by Ted Beiler, 1967<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location<\/strong>: outside Medsci<\/p>\r\n Kell's Nest by Bill Vazan, 1997<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Location<\/strong>: St. Michael's College<\/p>\r\n And bonus<\/strong> (just because I heard #moosecrushmonday is actually a thing and I\u2019m writing this on a Monday- here\u2019s<\/p>\r\n Mooseconstrue by Charles Pachter<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/a><\/p>\r\n