Used cars

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:40:11 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Artwork creator(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Text author(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Text author(s):

Carlson, Corinne

Installation year:

1995

Remarks on location:

Four different sites, in the city center

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Corinne Carlson

Description:

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

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

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

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Carlson, Corinne

Source:

1.Pruesse, Kym, éd., Accidental Audience : Urban Interventions by Artists, Toronto : Off\Site Collective, 1999, p.80 2. Jennifer McMackon, «Corinne Carlson @ Mercer Union, Toronto». Sur le site Big, RED And Shiny. An art journal http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/retrieve.pl?issue=issue66&section=out-of-town&article=corinne_carlson_at_2213256 (Consulté le 30 octobre 2008).

Document(s):

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

Taking it to the Streets

Niche: Art Outside of The Gallery

Clouds on buses

Marie-Claude Langevin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:26:08 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Cauthery, Ian

Artwork creator(s):

Cauthery, Ian

Text author(s):

Cauthery, Ian; Shakespeare, William

Text author(s):

Cauthery, Ian

Shakespeare, William

Installation year:

1995

Remarks on location:

Interior advertising spaces on 9 local buses

Artwork description

Source: Gray, Kate (1995). Niche : installations publiques, interventions et performances. Espace. no. 33 (Automne)p.21-24

Description:

On city buses, in lieu of advertising for commercial products, are Ian Cauthery's drawings of clouds and various bits of poetic text.

Text of the artwork:

Ride the curled clouds Fluctuating, drifting, listless and then the elements be free

Text theme:

Ariel in Shakespeare, William, La Tempête, Paris : Mercure de France, 1963, 127 p.

Artwork theme:

Cauthery aims to take the bus rider away from the pedestrian and into the realm of the imaginary.

History

History:

Exhibition: Niche, Guelph, ON

Event date(s):

1995

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Artistes au Canada. Cauthery, Ian

Document(s):

Niche : installations publiques, interventions et performances/Public Installations, Interventions and Performances

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

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Niche

Used cars

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Site 3:

Site 4:

Clouds on buses