Public Artwork
Making the Scene
Artwork creator(s):
Kramer, David
Text author(s):
Kramer, David
Installation year:
1999
Remarks on location:
Subway King (Street) – Yellow row Yonge-University-Spadina
Description:
Sculpture shaped in neon sign.
Text of the artwork:
HERE
Artwork theme:
Self-referential (reference to the site), in-situ, location, irony, envy, contentment and satisfaction
History:
October 13, 1999–April 15, 2000, Toronto Sculpture Garden Collection of the Museum of London, Ontario, 1999. Dimensions:
Height:
4.3m
Width:
1.52m
Depth:
2.13 m Note(s):
"I was making word sculptures and wanted to make a piece that signified the Sculpture Garden as 'the place to be...' My work often has humor and irony at its root […] The text was meant to signify its own existence. 'Here' is everything you need to know. […] The rear of the words has a photo mural of a tropical beach from Mexico. The idea was really that once you walked around the piece, 'there' was really where you wanted to go." - David Kramer
Source: Toronto Sculpture Garden (2008). David Kramer. Making the scene
Owner(s):
William (architect and photographer; Rina Greer (Director), Toronto Sculpture Garden Document(s):
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