Public Artwork
Happy is the country that has no history
Artwork creator(s):
Gill, Don
Text author(s):
Gill, Don
Installation year:
1990 Description:
Photograph placed in a billboard
Text of the artwork:
Happy is the country that has no history
Text theme:
Obscured history
Artwork theme:
One of the three themes of the exhibition, portraiture, injustice towards aboriginal peoples
History:
The Transpositions exhibition was created over a 3-year period. Works are divided into 3 categories: portraiture, landscape and flora (nature); and advertising. This arwork was created for the advertising platform posters of 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 date(s):
1990 Dimensions:
Height:
1.82m
Width:
1.21m Note(s):
Exhibition posters provided by Colorific Photo Labs
Exhibition Space donated by Trans Ad
All images were worked either from original negatives or transparencies, enlarged and mounted on styrene board.
There exists more than one version of this piece
Artist's biography:
Gill, Don
Owner(s):
Collection of the artist Document(s):
Syndicate
