{"id":8489,"date":"2026-05-02T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T00:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T00:31:55","slug":"wow-westminster-remembered-2026-05-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2026\/05\/02\/wow-westminster-remembered-2026-05-02\/","title":{"rendered":"‘WOW Westminster Remembered’ – 2026.05.02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently had cause to review some of my blog posts about the WOW Westminster public art installation. My 2016 piece ‘Dramatically Diagonal’ has been accepted for the Grand National Fibre Art travelling exhibition: Textures of Canada<\/a>, and I was asked to provide information about my inspiration for it. I was inspired to write a blog post about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WOW Westminster<\/a> was a public art installation on the bank of the Fraser River located in New Westminster BC.\u00a0 It was 140-foot installation, comprising four 40-foot shipping containers precariously cantilevered to form a W-shape.\u00a0 It was designed by Brazilian artist Jos\u00e9 Resende <\/a>and was installed in 2015<\/a>. Sadly, in September 2020, the pier was destroyed by fire, and the big W installation was demolished<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m fascinated by the diagonal lines and perspective of this piece of art. I\u2019ve taken many photos of it, and used many of them as inspiration for my art. Here are a few of the many photos I\u2019ve taken during the 5 years it existed (2015-2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I enjoyed looking back at all of the artworks I\u2019ve made based on WOW Westminster. I made at least one every year from 2016 to 2020. Click on the links below to see the original posts about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n