As You Were

Marie-Claude Langevin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:12:04 +0000

Artwork identification

Alternate title:

A Project for Surrey; A Project For Surrey: As You Were

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Installation year:

1991

Remarks on location:

On the edges of the municipality of Surrey. Installed on top of a mooring dolphin used for sawdust barges. Can be viewed from the municipal fishing dock on the Fraser River, at the North end of 130th Street.

Artwork description

Davidson, Liane & Helga Pakasaar (1994). A Project for Surrey and Other Site-Specific Works. Surrey : Surrey Art Gallery

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

As You Were.

Text theme:

Interjection; desire to turn back time

Artwork theme:

(Local) community; industrial history of the area; colonized landscape

History

History:

In 1991, the Surrey Art Gallery began discussions with Micah Lexier on the presentation of a survey of his site-specific installations. The result was a two-part project: a gallery exhibition and a new site-specific work. The exhibition Micah Lexier: Site-Specific Installations Re-presented featured ten of Lexier’s artworks, created since 1982.

Commissioned by the Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C., to create a work about the local community, As You Were is an outdoor, site-specific public work installed in conjunction with an exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery. The piece was originally intended to be temporary but is presently still installed. It remains a long-term loan to the International Forest Products, Mackenzie Senzai Division lumber mill. A gift from the artist, the piece is currently part of the collection of the Surrey Art Gallery (1996.17.01)

Exhibition Micah Lexier: Site-Specific Installations Re-presented, Surrey Art Gallery. Curator: Liane Davison.
August 30-October5, 1991

Event date(s):

1991

Dimensions

Height:

0.3m

Width:

2.43m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Lexier, Micah

Owner(s):

Surrey Art Gallery

Source:

1. Micah Lexier 984 Queen Street West, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1 (647) 881-7417 Aussi: 464 W23rd St. Apt.#5F New York, NY USA 10011 Phone (212) 243-4028, Fax (212) 243-4032 mail@micahlexier.com 2. Surrey Art Gallery 13750-88th Avenue Surrey, Colombie-Britannique V3W 3L1 www.arts.surrey.ca Principale personne ressource: Liane Davison (commissaire de l’exposition) (604) 501-5566 artgallery@city.surrey.bc.ca Renseignements généraux : Tél : 604.501.5566 f. 604.501.5581 Courriel: artgallery@surrey.ca

Document(s):

A Project for Surrey and Other Site-Specific Works

Fuel

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:42:07 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

McArthur, Brian ; Detarando, Dawn (Voyager art & tile)

Artwork creator(s):

McArthur, Brian

Detarando, Dawn

Text author(s):

McArthur, Brian ; Detarando, Dawn (Voyager art & tile)

Text author(s):

McArthur, Brian

Detarando, Dawn

Installation year:

2008

Artwork description

Source: Voyager art & tile (2008). Public Art. (http://www.voyagertile.ca/publicgallery.htm)

Description:

The project was produced with the help of 6,500 students from Red Deer. Each student engraved his or her idea of the word Leisure. The final product resulted into 5 mosaic panels.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

Leisure

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Voyager Art and Tile

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Deposit

As You Were

Fuel

Leisure