Public Artwork

Good For You

Christy Thompson, Good For You, 1998
Location:
Toronto, ON, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Thompson, Christy
Text author(s): 
Thompson, Christy
Installation year: 
1998
Remarks on location: 

Several locations: along Spadina Avenue, heading South of College Street to King Street; along Queen Street West, from Bathurst Street to Yonge Street; along King Street West, from Bathurst Street to Yonge Street; along Front Street West, from John Street to Jarvis; along Bloor Street West, from St.George Street to Yonge Street; in the Financial District, along Bay Street and York Street; along Dundas Street West, from Beverly Street to University Avenue.

Text of the artwork: 

GOOD FOR YOU

History: 
Exhibition: off\site@toronto, Toronto, ON, 1998. (Organized by Mercer Union. Commissioner: Kim Pruesse)
Event date(s): 
1998
Note(s): 

"By placing these trophies in seemingly unimportant sites, attention is drawn to both space and object, perhaps interrupting the monotony of our familiar paths."

 

Pruesse, Kym, ed. (1999). Accidental Audience: Urban Interventions by Artists, Toronto : Off\Site Collective

Document(s): 

Accidental Audience : Urban Interventions by Artists

Pruesse, Kym (1999).  Accidental Audience : Urban Interventions by Artists. Toronto : Off\Site Collective, p. 80