Œuvre d'art public

Southern Boy

Kiki Yee, Southern Boy, 1992
Location:
Vancouver SkyTrain, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Yee, Kiki
Text author(s): 
Yee, Kiki
Installation year: 
1992
Description: 

Image photographique placée dans un panneau publicitaire

Text of the artwork: 

He is a fine, attractive-looking
little fellow, his full hazel eyes
beaming with kindliness and
intelligence. The almond form and
oblique setting of the eye, so
peculiar to the natives of the
south, is well brought out in this
picture.

Text theme: 
traits raciaux
Artwork theme: 
Différence raciale; ethnocentrisme
History: 

L'événement The Billboard Art Series: Public Art Exhibition, est organisé par l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordonateur : Don Murray ; commissaires : Melinda Mollineaux et Marianne Nicholson) et présenté par BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System. Encadré ultérieurement par l’événement Artropolis 93 (1993) à Vancouver.

9 janvier-8 juillet 1992

Event date(s): 
1992
Document(s): 

The Billboard Art Series

Ballerone, J. J. (1992).  The Billboard Art Series. Vancouver : Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System,

Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues

Kelly, Sue, Lisa Langford, Francesca Lund (1993).  Artropolis 93 : Public Art and Art About Public Issues. Vancouver : A. T. Eight Artropolis Society, p. 168