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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 14:22): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/a-tale-of-two-children-a-work-for-strathcona

A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona

A Tale of Two Children: A Work for Strathcona [1]

image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [2]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [3]
image/jpeg iconSource : Photo transmited by Marc André Brouillette [4]
Location:
National Works Yard, Corner of Malkin and Thornton Streets, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Lum, Ken
Text author(s): 
Lum, Ken
Installation year: 
2005
Description: 

Two large aluminum panels. On one side, an image; on the other, text. One shows an unhappy Caucasian boy. The other, a smiling young Asian girl and an adult woman.

Text of the artwork: 

What an idiot!
What an idiot
you are!
What an utterly
useless idiot
you are!

You so smart.
You make me proud
you so smart.
I so proud
you so smart.

Text theme: 
Conjunctions and disjunctions between visual and verbal imagery
Artwork theme: 

Parenting
The anecdotal is pitted against stereotypes
Social criticism
The neighborhood

Note(s): 

The artist grew up two blocks away from the works yard.

Artist's biography: 
Ken Lum [5]
Owner(s): 
Vancouver
Document(s): 
Ken Lum: A Tale of Two Children
Laurence, Robin (2005).  Ken Lum: A Tale of Two Children. <http://www.straight.com/article/ken-lum-a-tale-of-two-children> (November 3) : Straight.com
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Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions
Steil, John, Aileen Stalker (2009).  Public Art in Vancouver. Angels Among Lions. Vancouver : TouchWood Editions, p. 176
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/a-tale-of-two-children-a-work-for-strathcona
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0394.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0397.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/IMG_0398.jpg
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Lum
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/en/print/2096
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/a-tale-of-two-children-a-work-for-strathcona