Location:
Warren Glass and Associates, 119 West Pender, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1S5, Canada
Artwork identification
Artwork creator(s):
Courcey, Michael de
Text author(s):
Courcey, Michael de
Installation year:
1988
Remarks on location:
Downtown
Description:
Posters installed in illuminated signs.
Remarks on image:
Overview
Text of the artwork:
READ
THE
WRITING
ON THE
WALL
---
IT IS THE
ART
OF THE
STREET
Text theme:
Street art
Artwork theme:
Ideology of public and private spaces; mixture of personal and cultural messages on the street
History:
Event: Exhibition Urban Subjects
September 26-October 15, 1988
Event date(s):
1988 Dimensions:
Height:
2.28m
Width:
3.05m Note(s):
Text printed in 10 languages
Source:
1. Michel de Courcey mdec@decourcy.ca 2. Vancouver Association for Non Commercial Culture, centre d’artistes (1984-1998) (Fonds Vancouver Association for Non Commercial Culture fonds) en la possession de la Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery University of British Columbia Contact: Krisztina Laszlo , Archivist Address: University of British Columbia, 1825 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2 Phone: (604) 822-0001 Fax: (604) 822-6689 EMail: klaszlok@interchange.ubc.ca Document(s):