Number Painting

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:13:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Artwork creator(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Text author(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Text author(s):

Kennedy, Garry Neill

Installation year:

2005

Remarks on location:

Each painted figure/number was installed on one of five operative dock doors.

Artwork description

Source: National Gallery of Canada (2005). Garry Neill Kennedy. (www.gallery.ca/images/ex27_e.pdf)

Description:

The installation consists of a number and text painted on the doors to the dock #22 warehouse.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

NO.1. PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE CANADIAN NAVY

NO.2 PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE FRENCH NAVY

NO.3 PAINT USED TO COVER THE SHIPS OF
THE U.S.A. NAVY

NO.4 MIXTURES OF NUMBERS 1 AND 3 IN
QUANTITIES PROPORTIONAL TO THE
AMOUNT REQUIRED TO COVER THE
FLEETS OF CANADA AND THE U.S.A.

NO.5 MIXTURES OF NUMBERS 2 AND 3 IN
QUANTITIES PROPORTIONAL TO THE
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO COVER THE
FLEETS OF FRANCE AND THE U.S.A.

Text theme:

The dominant military power

Artwork theme:

Comment on the U.S. military force in relation to its neighbors (Canada and France). Represents the naval colours of France in volumetric comparison with those of the United States and Canada.

History

History:

Number Painting is a variation on Figure Paintings, an artwork presented at the 49th Parallel Gallery in New York in 1985.

Event date(s):

2005

Dimensions

Height:

4.26m

Width:

51.82m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Garry Neil Kennedy

Document(s):

Garry Neill Kennedy's Superstardow project

Since all envelopes were addressed to the artist at either home or work, a complex network of relationships is revealed that fuse personal, professional, economic and social layers of interaction. The graphic format, however, questions how knowledge, information and lived experience can be conflated into a simple map format.

Artist's biography:

Peter Dykhuis

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Artport

Number Painting

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