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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 17:30): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/linkage

Linkage

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Linkage [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Reed, Joyce Whitebear (1993), The post-colonial landscape: a billboard exhibition, Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery [2]
Location:
Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Hassan, Jamelie
Text author(s): 
Hassan, Jamelie
Installation year: 
1993
Description: 

Photography placed in a billboard

Text of the artwork: 

40 TONS of nuclear waste was fired by
the
coalition
forces
into
Iraq
during
the
Gulf
War…
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Adam’s tree
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leukemia
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palm forest
---
children
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mysterious disease

Text theme: 
Invasion of Iraq, war victims, health of the Iraqi population, contamination and environmental devastation through nuclear pollution
Artwork theme: 

Invasion of Iraq, war victims, health of the Iraqi population, contamination and environmental devastation through nuclear pollution

History: 
1. General History: Exhibited in Canada, England, Germany and India, thanks to grants in the following communities: Center for Studies Baalgisian, Ontario New Democratic Party (London North Central), Canadian Education Opportunities, Islamic Center of Southwestern Ontario, Palestinian Cultural Center, London (ON), and People of Conscious.

2. Background: Organized by Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The exhibition features the works of artists Edward Poitras, Grant McConnell, Jamel Hassan and Kay WalkingStick. Guest: Joyce Whitebear Reed.
 Event: Exhibition The post-colonial landscape: a billboard exhibition, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 31-September 20, 1993. Exposure Hassan billboard: July-August 1993.


3. History: exhibition of the work coordinated by Sue Malvern, cultural critic, and the British Council.
 Event: University Art Association Conference, University of Newcastle, Newcastle (England), 1996
 
4. History: exhibition of the work when American troops were poised to invade Iraq.
Event: domain of the Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario, 2001

5. History: exhibition of the work coordinated by Berlin members of the German Peace Council
Event: International Conference on Depleted Uranium (DU), Hamburg, Germany, 2003
Note(s): 

The artwork envelope can be easily stowed in a box and transported.

Artist's biography: 
Hassan, Jamelie [3]
Source: 
1. Jamelie Hassan jamelieh@sympatico.ca 2. Mendel Art Gallery 950 Spadina Crescent East P.O.Box 569 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 3L6 Tél: 306-975-7610 Fax: 306-975-7670
Document(s): 
The post-colonial landscape: a billboard exhibition
Reed, Joyce Whitebear (1993).  The post-colonial landscape: a billboard exhibition. Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery, p. 12
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War Zones
Mills, Josephine (2000).  War Zones. Parachute. no. 97, p. 49-50
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War Zones
Sherrin, Bob, Keith Bell (1999).  War Zones. Blackflash. vol. 17, p. 12-19
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Billboard. Art on the Road. A Retrospective Exhibition of Artists' Billboard of the Last 30 Years
Heon, Laura Stewart, Peggy Diggs, Dorin Lisa (1999).  Billboard. Art on the Road. A Retrospective Exhibition of Artists' Billboard of the Last 30 Years. Cambridge : MIT Press; North Adams, p. 106
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/linkage
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/linkage.jpg
[3] http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8015/Webtop/Searchapp/ws/aich/user/wwwf/Record?upp=0&m=1&w=NATIVE('ARTIST+ph+words+''hassan+jamelie''')&order=native('every+ar')
[4] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[5] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1435
[6] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/linkage