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[Victoria Watcher]

The owner of a building bearing a well-known orca mural in downtown Victoria says the jury is out on whether it will be redone during a planned redevelopment of the building.

 

Robert Fung, president of the Vancouver-based Salient Group, said he is a lifelong fan of the artist known as Wyland, who painted the three-storey mural depicting the A5 orca pod on the Yates Block building’s northern façade nearly four decades ago.

 

The fate of the 1987 mural at 1244-1252 Wharf St. has been much-discussed ever since the American artist floated on social media last month the idea of restoring it.

“Wyland is pushing to have it done. We’ve been in communication for two years on it,” Fung said. “We have a process to go through with the city and redoing that mural is going to be subject to our heritage alteration plan.”

 

Nearly 37 years since the mural was dedicated by Salt Spring Island artist Robert Bateman, it’s showing signs of fading.

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 February 2024 - 03:36 AM.