Public Artwork
Spell
Location:
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, 18 Carnegie Lane , Grimsby, ON, L3M 1Y1, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Jurakic, Ivan
Text author(s):
Jurakic, Ivan
Installation year:
2004
Remarks on location:
Shared entrance to the Grimsby Public Library and the Art Gallery
Description:
Spell marks the shared entrance to the Grimsby Public Library and Art Gallery with a selection of one-of-a-kind magnetic poetry, featuring a text that was digitally processed from the handwriting of the artist and lasercut in magnetic signage vinyl.
Text of the artwork:
Looking, one may never find
Wanting, one may never know
Text theme:
19th century idealizations of both libraries and art galleries as places for contemplation and discovery
Artwork theme:
Language, art, writing
History:
Foreword, Sept.-Nov. 2004, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby
Grimsby Public Art Gallery collection
Event date(s):
2004 Note(s):
Ivan Jurakic installed two lines of prosaic text onto the entrance way to the gallery: "Looking, one may never find/Wanting, one may never know". His piece, entitled Spell, examines the idea of a quest or search, particularly relevant to the person’s reason for entering the gallery/library space. His work suggests entering as an act of faith that one should come to with an open mind. While inside the space, one may discover things that were unlooked for or unexpected but invaluable.
The Tree Museum (2008). The Tenth Annual Exhibition. September 16 to October 28, 2007. What Is Place, Doe Lake, Muskoka : The Tree Museum, p.37
Owner(s):
Grimsby Public Art Gallery 
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