Public Artwork
The Commodification of Life
Artwork creator(s):
Benner, Ron
Text author(s):
Benner, Ron
Installation year:
1996 Description:
Photographic posters installed in a mall.
Text of the artwork:
[Photography on wall I]
AGRACETUS AGRIGENETICS ARCO
BIOTEC BIOTECHNICA INTL. CETUS
U.S. PATENT NO.2,365,348
[Photography on wall II]
CALGENE DAVID MICHAEL & CO
DNA PLANT TECH DUPONT INGENE
U.S. PATENT NO.2,864,353
[Photography on wall III]
IPRI LOTTE LUBRIZOL MONSANTO
MOLECULAR GENETICS PRUTECH
U.S. PATENT NO. 3,234,658
[Photography on wall IV]
PHYTOGEN PLANT SCIENCES LTD.
PIONEER HI-BRED PFIZER CORP.
U.S. PATENT NO.3,843,625
[Photography on wall V]
PLANT GENETICS SUNGENE SOHIO
U.S.D.A U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE
U.S. PATENT NO.4,326,358
Artwork theme:
Genetically modified organisms (GMO), science, technology, nature, corporation, threat to the population
History:
- History of the work: Work created in 1995. Exhibited for the first time in North Vancouver.
Event: Londsale Quay, North Vancouver, BC.
Date 1996 - History of the work: There are now three sets of five photographs: one is in a public space, permanently installed at 401 Richmond Street, Level 4, Toronto, ON. Each photograph of the three existing sets measure H.1, 83 m x L.1 11 m = H.72 x L.44 inches.
Event: public art project.
Date:1996 -. - History of the work:
Event: Ontario provincial New Democratic Party leadership convention, Hamilton Convention Center, Hamilton, ON
Date: 1997-2001, 1998 - History of the work: There are now three sets of five photographs: one is in the collection of the McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario (UWO), London, ON. Each photograph of the three existing sets measure H.1, 83 mx L.1 11 m = H.72 x L.44 inches.
Dimensions:
Height:
1.83m
Width:
1.11m
Artist's biography:
Benner, Ronald William
Owner(s):
Ron Benner (collection of the artist) McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, Ondon, ON Document(s):
Syndicate
