Sculpture Art Park Kinetic Sculpture Local artist

Recycles

Lynn Malin & Elizabeth Bowering Beauchamp // 2001

Metal, paint, rubber
Beaver Hills House Park

About

Recycles consists of five stationary bicycles topped with poles and whirligigs, which are operated by pedaling. The bikes are constructed out of found objects such as bedsteads, gates, balcony railings and fabricated iron and steel components as well as actual bike parts.

Artists Beauchamp and Malin envisioned “an interactive, kinetic sculpture celebrating a lively and festive downtown. Twirling whirligigs, visible from at least a block away, are an invitation for children and families to hurry to the park and play in the natural, outdoor setting. The circular grouping will encourage inclusion, interaction and cooperation. Through healthy physical play, kids together will create a colourful mini-festival and illustrate one of Edmonton’s greatest assets- the Festival City spirit. “

Lynn Malin & Elizabeth Bowering Beauchamp

Lynn Malin: Born and raised in Edmonton, Malin is a keen observer of the environment of Alberta. Almost every summer and winter she spends time hiking, skiing and photographing in the mountain regions. She has had many plane and helicopter rides to gather images. Many days are spent painting outside on site. All this informs her drawing and painting. She has had a solo show of Light Boxes at the Art Gallery of Alberta. She has also shown at the Museum of Red Deer, Harcourt House Edmonton, Grand Prairie Art Gallery and Profiles Gallery in St Albert. Currently, Malin is working towards an exhibition in 2012 at the Whyte Museum in Banff. She has been part of several national and international travelling exhibitions. Her landscapes, prints and still life works are in many public and private collections. She has attended workshops at Emma Lake, Grand Prairie, and Emily Carr College. She has had residencies in Mojacar Spain, the Leighton Colony at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Columbia Ice fields and the Gushel Studio in Blairmore run by the University of Lethbridge. She has done collaborative sculptures and installation for 12 years with Elizabeth Beauchamp. Several of them are now a part of the collection of public sculpture in Edmonton and the University of Alberta collection. In her pursuit and exploration of imagery she has spent time experimenting with many combinations of materials. Currently she is working on lexan, a flexible plastic film. Finally, she is interested in how light affects the way one sees the world.

Elizabeth Bowering Beauchamp: Biography to come