A life-sized, rust-coloured wolf, a pair of steel split urns, and a low-lying bench make up the elements of John McEwen’s sculpture Salt/Marsh, which is installed at the York Street entrance to the Owens Art Gallery.

The site-specific work creates a web of connections between the different elements of the sculpture but also between the Owens, Mount Allison, Sackville, the nearby saltmarshes and the people who walk by and through this artwork each day on their way into the gallery.

John McEwen is one of Canada’s most prominent sculptors. Salt/Marsh is the only public sculpture by the artist in Atlantic Canada.

Essay by Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray
Design by Lucy MacDonald