Public Artwork
Number Painting
Location:
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia/Pier 22, Marginal road, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Kennedy, Garry Neill
Text author(s):
Kennedy, Garry Neill
Installation year:
2005
Remarks on location:
Each painted figure/number was installed on one of five operative dock doors.
Description:
The installation consists of a number and text painted on the doors to the dock #22 warehouse.
Text of the artwork:
NO.1. PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE CANADIAN NAVY
NO.2 PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE FRENCH NAVY
NO.3 PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE U.S.A. NAVY
NO.4 MIXTURES OF NUMBERS 1 AND 3 IN
QUANTITIES PROPORTIONAL TO THE
AMOUNT REQUIRED TO COVER THE
FLEETS OF CANADA AND THE U.S.A.
NO.5 MIXTURES OF NUMBERS 2 AND 3 IN
QUANTITIES PROPORTIONAL TO THE
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO COVER THE
FLEETS OF FRANCE AND THE U.S.A.
Text theme:
The dominant military power
Artwork theme:
Comment on the U.S. military force in relation to its neighbors (Canada and France). Represents the naval colours of France in volumetric comparison with those of the United States and Canada.
History:
Number Painting is a variation on Figure Paintings, an artwork presented at the 49th Parallel Gallery in New York in 1985.
Event date(s):
2005 Dimensions:
Height:
4.26m
Width:
51.82m
Artist's biography:
Garry Neil Kennedy Document(s):
Syndicate
