Public Artwork
Untitled
Location:
Government of Canada Building, 4900 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Whiten, Colette
Text author(s):
Whiten, Colette
Installation year:
1976
Remarks on location:
Ground floor
Description:
Silhouettes of human figures in wood or concrete. Engraved thoughts appear on the silhouettes and photographs, on the walls.
Text of the artwork:
Al speirs
Freedom. I live my life,
to let
others live
theirs
as we wish
I live at
Sheppard and
Addington.
I have lived
there since
my daughter
nancy was 2
years old
I am a
very important
person
I be
getting
married
in two
weeks so
still be
the
last
Alice
I'll be
down
as Jile
Grant
Dr. I. Reid
Divine is the
work to
relieve
pain...
Atlas is shrugging
Text theme:
Personal thought
Artist's biography:
Whiten, Colette
Architect(s):
Shore Tilbe Henschel Irwin Peters;Dubois and Associates Document(s):