Public Artwork
JES
Artwork creator(s):
Gerdes, Ludger
Text author(s):
Gerdes, Ludger
Installation year:
1996 Description:
The work consists of three large illuminated letters. JES is a play on language: the letter "s" has been added to the pronoun "je" ("I").
Text of the artwork:
ICHS
Artwork theme:
Expresses the subjectivity of the plural form, encountering persons from the view point of their individuality.
History:
Ludger Gerdes' work, JES, is the French adaptation of ICHS, a project presented in 1989 at the Haus Esters Museum in Krefeld. First seen as part of the One Hundred Days of Contemporary Art in Montreal in 1991, JES is finally shown for the first time in the context for which it was originally intended, i.e. an outdoor public space.
Event: Promenades – L’art dans la ville
Event date(s):
1996 Note(s):
For the artist, it is important that art be seen outside of museums, in urban and natural settings, to really disturb perception habits and reach people in their familiar environment.
Document(s):
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