Œuvre d'art public
Untitled
Artwork creator(s):
Mootoo, Shani
Text author(s):
Mootoo, Shani
Installation year:
1992
Remarks on location:
Platforms of stations, advertising boxes
Description:
Photographic image placed in a billboard
Text of the artwork:
It is a crime that I should
Have to use your language
To tell you how I feel that
You have taken mine from me.
Text theme:
Racism, assimilation
Artwork theme:
Minority cultural experience
History:
The Billboard Series Art: Public Art Exhibition, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordinator: Don Murray; commissioners: Melinda Mollineaux and Marianne Nicholson) by BC Transit Vancouver Regional Transit System. Box Subsequent Event Artropolis 93 (1993) in Vancouver.
January 9 to July 8, 1992
Note(s):
THE BILLBOARD ART SERIES is a public art exhibition which features the original works of 15 Canadian artists and reflects the concerns, aspirations and traditions of a culturally diverse society. The series follows on the success of two previous public art exhibitions hosted by BC Transit – TRANSPOSITIONS in 1990 and ARTROPOLIS in 1991. There are a total of 15 works, 5 of which are featured each month at 2 different stations.
Artist's biography:
Mootoo, Shani Document(s):
Syndicate
