Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien

Public Artwork

Literalists of the Imagination

Location:

Toronto Sculpture Garden, 115 King East, Toronto, ON, M5C 1G6, Canada

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Artwork creator(s):

Schelle, Susan

Text author(s):

Moore, Marianne

Installation year:

1988

Description:

Three cast concrete Italian-style benches serve as a framing device for an image of a 16^th century fountain projected onto a sheet of clear plexiglass.

Text of the artwork:

LITERALISTS OF THE IMAGINATION

Text theme:

Irony

Artwork theme:

Irony, misplaced notions of romanticism and sentimentality, personal refuge and serenity.

Text reference:

Ideas of Good and Evil

Moore, Marianne (1924). Ideas of Good and Evil. Observations. New York : The Dial Press, p. 31-32

History:

Literati, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto

Event date(s):

1988

Dimensions:

Height:

2.43m

Width:

3.65m

Depth:

2.43 m

Note(s):

This exhibition also presents the artwork Margaret's Table ... remembering Margaret Lawrence, by Mark Gomes.

Artist's biography:

Schelle, Susan

Author's biography:

Moore, Marianne - Marianne Moore

Document(s):

Toronto Sculpture Garden. Literati. Susan Schelle/Mark Gomes. July 14-September 30, 1988,

Holubizky, Ihor (1988). Toronto Sculpture Garden. Literati. Susan Schelle/Mark Gomes. July 14-September 30, 1988, . Toronto : Toronto Sculpture Garden

History. Essays. Sculpture In The Garden: Sanctuary Or Exile?

Fischer, Barbara (2008). History. Essays. Sculpture In The Garden: Sanctuary Or Exile?. <http://www.torontosculpturegarden.com/essays.htm> : Toronto Sculpture Garden