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Used cars

Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995
Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995
Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995
Corinne Carlson, Used cars, 1995
Location:
Guelph, ON, Canada
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Artwork creator(s): 
Carlson, Corinne
Text author(s): 
Carlson, Corinne
Installation year: 
1995
Remarks on location: 
Four different sites, in the city center
Description: 

Bright orange words spell out love song lyrics and are suspended above car lots

Text of the artwork: 

Site 1:

ALL RIGHT

Site 2:

OKAY

Site 3:

YOU WIN

Site 4:

I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU

Text theme: 
«Alright, Okay, you Win», popular song by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh
Artwork theme: 
Declarations of love, puns
History: 

1. Niche (public facilities, interventions and performances), Guelph, April 22-May 20, 1995

2. Off \ @ toronto site (urban intervention project), Toronto, September 25-October 31, 1998

Artist's biography: 
Carlson, Corinne
Document(s): 

Niche: installations, interventions, performances. April 22-May 20, 1995

Massier, John, Gordon Hatt (1995).  Niche: installations, interventions, performances. April 22-May 20, 1995. Guelph : The Install Art Collective

Taking it to the Streets

Mackay, Gillian (1998).  Taking it to the Streets. The Globe & Mail (Toronto). (November 07), p. E2

Niche: Art Outside of The Gallery

Fox, Charlie (1995).  Niche: Art Outside of The Gallery.

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