Œuvre d'art public

Making the Scene

David Kramer, Making the Scene, 1999
Location:
Toronto Sculpture Garden, 115 King Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada
See map: Google Maps
Artwork creator(s): 
Kramer, David
Text author(s): 
Kramer, David
Installation year: 
1999
Remarks on location: 

Subway King (Street) – Yellow row Yonge-University-Spadina

Description: 

Sculpture shaped in neon sign.

Text of the artwork: 

HERE

Artwork theme: 
Self-referential (reference to the site), in-situ, location, irony, envy, contentment and satisfaction
History: 
October 13, 1999–April 15, 2000, Toronto Sculpture Garden Collection of the Museum of London, Ontario, 1999.

Dimensions:

Height: 
4.3m
Width: 
1.52m
Depth: 
2.13 m
Note(s): 

"I was making word sculptures and wanted to make a piece that signified the Sculpture Garden as 'the place to be...' My work often has humor and irony at its root […] The text was meant to signify its own existence.  'Here' is everything you need to know. […] The rear of the words has a photo mural of a tropical beach from Mexico. The idea was really that once you walked around the piece, 'there' was really where you wanted to go." - David Kramer

 

Source: Toronto Sculpture Garden (2008). David Kramer. Making the scene

http://www.torontosculpturegarden.com/DavidKramer.htm

Owner(s): 
William (architect and photographer; Rina Greer (Director), Toronto Sculpture Garden
Document(s): 

David K makes the Scene or How To Stop Worrying and Start Living

Massier, John (2000).  David K makes the Scene or How To Stop Worrying and Start Living. David Kramer : Making the Scene. Toronto : Toronto Sculpture Garden

Through the Doors of Perception

Dault, Gary Michael (1999).  Through the Doors of Perception. The Globe and Mail. (November 27) , p. R8

David Kramer. Making the scene

Toronto_SculptureGarden (2008).  David Kramer. Making the scene. <http://www.torontosculpturegarden.com/DavidKramer.htm> : Toronto Sculpture Garden