‘Halifax Sculpture’
Greer was the catalyst behind ‘Halifax Sculpture’, a 1990s movement, rooted in minimalism and conceptualism.
The Siren’s Calling is a series of sculptures in the centre courtyard featuring four Greek figures made from cast and polished stainless steel. Each figure rests on a black granite monolith and faces a cardinal point, their gazes calling up the dual role of the harbour as both a place of departure and a safe haven.
In 2015, John Greer’s ‘retroActive’ was on view at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This extensive exhibition spanned almost 50 years of artistic activity. A 360-page monograph with the same title was released in June 2015. A short documentary movie was released in the summer of 2016.
Greer was the catalyst behind ‘Halifax Sculpture’, a 1990s movement, rooted in minimalism and conceptualism.