Forest Pagoda #3

In the lobby of Strand Hall on SFU’s Burnaby Campus is a large wooden sculpture by Alan Wood. Adhered to canvas and hung on the wall like a painting, the stacked plywood construction is painted in vivid hues and is typical of Wood’s work. Form and colour in these reliefs are often interpretations of natural phenomena, generally distilled through the production of torn paper collage “studies.” The title in this case suggests a reimagining of organic materials, interlocking roots or boughs perhaps, as more formal arrangements.