Public Artwork
A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona
Location:
National Works Yard, Corner of Malkin and Thornton Streets, Vancouver, BC, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s):
Lum, Ken
Text author(s):
Lum, Ken
Installation year:
2005 Description:
Two large aluminum panels. On one side, an image; on the other, text. One shows an unhappy Caucasian boy. The other, a smiling young Asian girl and an adult woman.
Text of the artwork:
What an idiot!
What an idiot
you are!
What an utterly
useless idiot
you are!
You so smart.
You make me proud
you so smart.
I so proud
you so smart.
Text theme:
Conjunctions and disjunctions between visual and verbal imagery
Artwork theme:
Parenting
The anecdotal is pitted against stereotypes
Social criticism
The neighborhood
Note(s):
The artist grew up two blocks away from the works yard.
Artist's biography:
Ken Lum
Owner(s):
Vancouver Document(s):
Syndicate
