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North Face
Title
North Face
Artist
Hide, Peter
Date
1990
Medium
steel
Type
sculpture
Owner
SFU Art Collection
Accession Number
NA
Location
Simon Fraser University
Category
SFU Art Collection
Collection
Public Art
Lat/Long
49.279870,-122.922710
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North Face is a large welded steel sculpture installed in the courtyard of the West Mall Centre. Born in Surrey, England, Peter Hide undertook studies at Crodon College of Art and St Martin's School of Art, where he was a pupil of Anthony Caro, before relocating to Edmonton, Alberta to teach at the University of Alberta. Working in the modernist tradition of welding scrap steel, his works are distinguished by their emphasis on weight, mass and monumental vertical form. This work is part of the Simon Fraser University Art Collection. The SFU Art Collection contains over 5,800 works. Approximately 1,000 works of art are shown throughout the campus and integrated in public, administrative and common learning spaces. A selection of the most accessible in this diverse repository are incorporated into the City of Burnaby Public Art Registry. For more extensive information about the holdings at SFU, visit: https://www.sfu.ca/galleries/Collections.html (text provided by SFU)
Peter Hide (1944-present) has distinguished himself as one of the world's foremost practitioners of welded-steel sculpture. Working in the assembled sculpture tradition of Pablo Picasso, David Smith and Anthony Caro, Hide has produced artworks of remarkable individuality and innovation. He is represented in important private and public collections throughout North America and Europe and currently makes his home in Edmonton, Canada where he teaches at the University of Alberta.