Public Artwork
signs series
Location:
Catriona Jeffries Gallery, 274 W 1st Avenue , Vancouver, BC, V5T 1A6, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Koh, Germaine
Text author(s):
Koh, Germaine
Installation year:
2002 Description:
A series of artworks made by blocking out words from pre-printed signs, using pieces of self-adhesive vinyl, in order perhaps to isolate the underlying sentiments behind these standard communications
Text of the artwork:
Sorry --- SO --- HELP --- NO, NO, NO --- HELP WANTED
Text theme:
Sentimental and implicit element of communications in public places
Artwork theme:
Solicitation of an emotional response, interaction and exchange, a sense of community, empathy.
History:
•Loubier, Patrice, «Attractions de l’ordinaire sur l’œuvre de Germaine Koh» in Germaine Koh: Works, Berlin: Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmBH, 2005, 123 p.
•Zieher Smith Gallery, New York, 2004
•Exhibition: Open Hours, McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, September 1-October 20, 2002
• Exhibition: Signage (October/November), Catriona Jeffries Gallery , Vancouver, 2002. Artists exhibition: Germaine Koh, Alex Morrison, N.E. Thing Company, Ron Terada, Ian Wallace.
Artist's biography:
Germaine Koh Document(s):
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