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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 18:05): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/used-cars

Used cars

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Used cars [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Corinne Carlson [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Corinne Carlson [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Corinne Carlson [4]
image/jpeg iconSource: Photo provided by Corinne Carlson [5]
Location:
Guelph, ON, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Carlson, Corinne
Text author(s): 
Carlson, Corinne
Installation year: 
1995
Remarks on location: 
Four different sites, in the city center
Description: 

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

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: 

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:

Remarks: 
Variable, depending on the size of the car lot. The letters are two feet high.
Artist's biography: 
Carlson, Corinne [6]
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
Massier, John, Gordon Hatt (1995).  Niche: installations, interventions, performances. April 22-May 20, 1995. Guelph : The Install Art Collective
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Taking it to the Streets
Mackay, Gillian (1998).  Taking it to the Streets. The Globe & Mail (Toronto). (November 07), p. E2
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Niche: Art Outside of The Gallery
Fox, Charlie (1995).  Niche: Art Outside of The Gallery.
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/used-cars
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Used_CarsA_0.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Used_CarsD_0.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Used_CarsB_0.jpg
[5] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/UsedCarsC_0.jpg
[6] http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8015/Webtop/Searchapp/ws/aich/user/wwwf/Record?upp=0&m=1&w=NATIVE(%27ARTIST+ph+words+%27%27corinne+carlson%27%27%27)&order=native%20(%27every+ar%27)
[7] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[8] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1060
[9] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/used-cars