Public Artwork
1885
Artwork creator(s):
Poitras, Edward
Text author(s):
Poitras, Edward
Installation year:
1993
Remarks on location:
In the center of the downtown business district
Description:
Photography placed in a billboard
Text of the artwork:
THE AMAZON IS BURNING --- WHILE YOU PLAY BINGO
Text theme:
Ecological responsibility for the territory
Artwork theme:
Indigenous cultural identity based on territorial reports; Amerindian relationship to the Saskatchewan territory and elsewhere.
History:
Organized by Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The exhibition presents the work of artists Edward Poitras, Grant McConnell, Jamel Hassan and Kay WalkingStick. Guest: Joyce Whitebear Reed.
Event: Exhibition The post-colonial landscape: a billboard exhibition, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Event date(s):
1993
Artist's biography:
Poitras, Edward Document(s):
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