Œuvre d'art public
Native to the Americas
Location:
Art Gallery of Windsor, 401 Riverside Drive West , Windsor, ON, N9A 7J1, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Benner, Ron
Text author(s):
Benner, Ron
Installation year:
1991
Remarks on location:
Sur la pelouse
Description:
Image photographique dans un panneau-réclame
Text of the artwork:
NATIVE TO THE AMERICAS --- TOBACCO […] PEANUT […] AVOCADO CASHEW […] SNOWBERRY COCO PLUM […] APPLE […] LEAF […] GRAPE DOGWOOD […] SILVERBERRY CRANBERRY WILD FIG HUCKLEBERRY HONEY SUCKLE WOLFBERRY PARTRIDGEBERRY RED MULBERRY […] LIME VIRGINIA […] CHRISTMASBERRY GROUND CHERRY DARLING PLUM WILD ROSE ELDERBERRY BUFFALO BERRY BLACK HAW […] SAPOTE BLACK SAPOTE PASSION FRUIT […] GRAPEFRUIT HOLLY […] […] BOTTLE GROUND CASABANANA MARTYNIA […] MATE TREE TOMATO […] […] MANZANILLA RED […] COSA […] CHUPAN […] CAPULIN […] HEDGE APPLE […] […] ORANGE KAPOK […] TURPENTINE […] BLOODROOT GINGER […] INDIAN HEMP ARROW ROOT COTTON MAPLE WALNUT BRAZIL NUT PECAN […] […] RUBBER VANILLA MEXICAN --- OREGANO ALL SPICE COUMARIN SARSAPARILLA SASSAFRAS WINTER GREEN WITCH HAZEL CEDAR WOOD OIL WILD PLANTAIN WORMSEED BAYRUM QUININE/ CINCHONA COCAINE CURARE ALOE ARAROBA BALM OF GILEAD GINSENG PENNY ROYAL CAAPI CACAO/ CHOCOLATE DIOSCOREA GOLDEN SEAL IPECAC IPOMEA JABORANDI JALAPA JEQUIRITY JIMSON WEED KRAMERIA LOBELIA MAY APPLE OLOLIUQUI PEYOTE PSILOCYBE QUASSIA SCAMMONY TAGETES ROTENONE/ BARBASCO HAPLOPHYTON CIMICDUM HELIOPSIS LONGPIPES QUASSIA AMARA RYANIA SPECIOSA SCHOENOCAULION OFFICINALE PINE NUT/PIÑON NUTS WILD RICE TOMATO TOMATILLO GRAPE OITICICA RUB BERSEED CARNAUBA CANDELILLA BAYBERRY CARANDÁ CAUSSU JO JOBA LIMNANTHES SISAL HENEQUEN OURICURI MAPLE SUGAR MANIOC/YUCA POTATO AR ROWROOT LIMA BEAN SWEET POTATO QUINOA CHILI PEP PERS SQUASHES ZUCHINNI PUMPKIN CHAYOTE PAPAYA PINEAPPLE CUSTARD APPLE CHERIMOYA GUAVA SAPOTE OSAGE ORANGE COCONUT VANILLA COWLILY TUNAS CRANBERRY AMARATHS TEPARY BEAN SCARLET RUN NER LOTUS BEECHNUT CHESTNUT HICKORY NUT BUT TERNUT SERVICEBERRY BLUEBERRY RASPBERRY CUR RANTS GOOSEBERRY BLACKBERRY STRAWBERRY TUNAS WILD PLUM WILD CHERRY APPLE REDBUD MILKWEED --- FIRST NATIONS [autre texte présent (fonction signalétique) sur le panneau de l’oeuvre] IN CONTROL --- SPONSORED BY ARTCITE ARTIST: RON BENNER
Text theme:
Nomenclature de plantes indigènes en Amérique
Artwork theme:
Destruction et bouleversement profond qu’a provoqué la colonisation, destruction, exploitation et consommation mondiale (et dévastatrice) de plantes indigènes en Amérique
History:
1. Événement : «In Control», projet de panneaux publicitaires d’artistes, organisée par Artcite, Windsor, ON. Commissariat : Lorenzo Buj.
Date: 15 juin-4 août 1991
2. Événement : exposition «El Inter/cambio». Installation de 2 panneaux-réclames dont «Nativas de las Américas» (version espagnole de l’œuvre), patio de La Carbonería (bistrot et espace d’exposition), Séville, Espagne. Coordinateur : Francisco Lira Lopez.
Date : 1992 (durée 1 mois).
Event date(s):
1991 Dimensions:
Height:
2.44m
Width:
5.49m
Artist's biography:
Ron Benner Document(s):
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