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John Mann is co-founder and lead vocalist of the legendary West Coast group
Spirit of the West. In their nearly 35-year career they have earned three Gold and
two Platinum albums, induction into the Halls of Fame of the Western Canadian
Music Association, Society of Composers and Authors of Canada, and have a star
on Theatre Row on Granville Street. Mann has also been awarded the Beautiful
Heart Award by the Access to Music Foundation of B.C. for his many charitable
works. He is co-writer of "Home for a Rest," a song often referred to as Canada's
Unofficial National Anthem.
He has always turned adversity into art and is grateful to Kevin Dubois, Baycrest and
the TELUS Health Brain Project for doing the same.
Kevin Dubois is a painter, printmaker and musician who lives and works in Vancouver. He challenges his traditional
art training by combining multiple materials and experimenting with mediums such as intaglio, lithography, glass
plate printing and painting. He has also worked in wood, paper and photography, as well as glass.
"Loss of Found" is his representation of the brain of his close friend John Mann. In another time, Dubois might have
chosen to do a marble bust to honour him. Instead now, Dubois has chosen to "marble" Mann's brain. The humour
and irony inherent in this sculpture embody qualities that Dubois has known and loves in Mann. Yet, the marbles also
contain the poignancy of a time gone by representing the "loss" we experience as Mann's early onset Alzheimer's
progresses. The colours and movement illustrate Mann's beauty as he is again leading the way for us with his ever
present dignity and grace.
LOSS OF FOUND
BY JOHN MANN
R E N D E R E D B Y K E V I N D U B O I S
