OMNI NASHVILLE HOTEL

What says “vintage Nashville” better than a rhinestone cowboy? In creating artwork that draws on Music City culture for the Omni Nashville Hotel, artist Dolan Geiman was inspired by the work of the late Nudie Cohn, creator of the famously flashy “Nudie Suits” — intricately patterned and bejeweled stage outfits worn by such Nashville-based musi- cians as Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, and scores more country-western icons.

Geiman translated the rhinestone and embroi- dery using wood cutouts and found objects salvaged from abandoned barns and old hotels. Five of Geiman’s Nudie-inspired works hang in the Omni Nashville, which opened on Sept. 30, directly adjacent to Music City Center. Tennessee-based artists created more than half of the property’s artwork.

Nashville Series Artist: Dolan Geiman Hotel public space Installed: 2013

Dolan Geiman

Digital Orca

Artist: Douglas Coupland Jack Poole Plaza Installed: 2010

VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

Since its installation at the Jack Poole Plaza overlooking the harbor at the Vancouver Convention Centre in 2010, the large-scale

“pixelated” orca whale has become one of the city’s best-loved photo opps. Created by Douglas Coupland, a Vancouver resident and author of the 1991 novel Generation X, the sculpture is part of an art program tied to the Vancouver Convention Centre West expansion project that included major works commissioned from both British Columbia artists and international artists.

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PHOTO BELOW, VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE; TOP, DAVID ETTINGER