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Artwork creator(s):
Morgan, Joey
Text author(s):
Morgan, Joey
Installation year:
1990 Description:
Photographic image placed in a billboard
Text of the artwork:
and you know how
sometimes
You try to explain how you are
when the phone rings
tired of making pretty
and you decide
pictures and how you are
that you’re not going
trying to make something useful
to answer it
or meaningful or political-
because
even propaganda
you already know
if it came down to that
who it is
like when we cut sugar in Cuba
but
before everything changed
while it’s still ringing
it’s almost like
He tells you that
you’re already talking
you don’t have to get so excited that
to each other
nowadays
anyway
just making any art could be
and then when it finally stops
considered a political act
you feel disappointed.
It sounds really easy. Anyway
How come that is?
It doesn’t seem like the right answer
at the time.
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Text theme:
Searching for an answer; disappointment; uncertainty
Artwork theme:
One of three exhibition themes: advertising
History:
The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture; landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. Created for the advertising platform posters at the SkyTrain stations. The work of 20 Canadian artists extends 24 km along the SkyTrain route from Vancouver to Surrey. Four to seven works are installed randomly amongst the advertising at the following seven stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Grandville, Broadway, Metrotown, New Westminster and Scott Road.
Event: Transpositions: A Public Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Photography, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association. Commissioners: Don S. And Todd A. Murray Davis.
April 2-May 31, 1990
Event date(s):
1990 Dimensions:
Height:
1.82m
Width:
1.21m Note(s):
• Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs Ltd
• Exhibition Space donated by Trans Ad
• All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.
Artist's biography:
Joey Morgan Document(s):
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