Maura Doyle
There's a New Boulder in Town

October 6, 2004 - April 15, 2005

Artist Statement

Erratic blocks, boulders, in Geol.: stray masses of rock, foreign to the surrounding strata, that have been transported from their original site, apparently by glacial action - Oxford English Dictionary

For several years I have noticed and taken photographs of boulders and rock pieces. The collection includes photographs of doorstops, foundations, walking paths, riverbed boulders, petroglyphs, headstones, The Great Wall of China, fountains, paperweights, garden accents, special rocks, jungle rocks, glacial droppings, natural benches, park monuments, back alley boulders, rock piles, wishing wells, random rocks and sculptures. These rocks, like all rocks, cannot move from one place to the next on their own schedule, but rather rely on outside forces such as great glaciers, tidal waves or backhoes.

In conjunction with the erratic boulder currently located in the Toronto Sculpture Garden, there is a 28-page guidebook that gives background information of twenty boulders in downtown Toronto (iludes map). These wandering rocks are not local to the city but have arrived at various points during the last 1nc2,000 years.

There's a New Boulder in Town or Guidebook to Toronto's Erratic Boulders for Locals and Visitors is available for $5 at the following locations: Pages Bookstore , 256 Queen St. W.; Nicholas Hoare , 45 Front St. E.; Art Metropole , 788 King St. W.

Toronto's Erratic Boulders - Downtown Map shows the current locations of 20 boulders in the downtown area and is available FREE at La Maquette Restaurant , 111 King Street East, beside the Toronto Sculpture Garden and Art Metropole , 788 King St. W.

To MAIL ORDER guidebooks ($5) and maps ($0), add $2 shipping and contact themoneycollection@yahoo.com for details http://www.themoneycollection.ca

Maura Doyle , There's a New Boulder in Town , 2004; Boulder: granite, 290 x 170 x 160 cm, 20,200 lb; over 1000 million years old.