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URL source (Obtenu le 2021-11-10 06:16): http://plepuc.org/fr/node/1271

It Is Difficult

It Is Difficult [1]

icône image/jpegSource: Jaar, Alfredo (2005). Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005. Milano: Charta, p. 150 [2]
Location:
Toronto, ON, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Jaar, Alfredo
Text author(s): 
Williams, William Carlos
Installation year: 
1997
Description: 

Installation on a billboard.

Text of the artwork: 

it is difficult
   to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
       of what is found
                         there

william carlos williams 1883-1963

Text theme: 
Asphodel, that Greeny Flower, poem by William Carlos Williams
Text reference: 
Asphodèle [3]
History: 

Toronto Art Gallery Metropole has placed an order for artists Alan Belcher (Toronto), Alfredo Jaar (New York/Chile), Mariko Mori (Tokyo) and Steve Reinke (Toronto) to each produce a billboard to install on the streets of Toronto

Dimensions:

Height: 
3.04m
Width: 
6.09m
Artist's biography: 
Alfredo Jaar [4]
Author's biography: 
William Carlos Williams [5]
Propriétaire(s): 
Art Metropole collection
Source: 
1. Alfredo Jaarwww.alfredojaar.net 2. Art Metropole788 King Street WestToronto ONCANADAM5V 1N6T. 416 703 4400F. 416 703 4404www.artmetropole.com
Document(s): 
It Is Difficult: Ten Years
Jaar, Alfredo (1998).  It Is Difficult: Ten Years. Barcelona : Actar
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Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005
Jaar, Alfredo (2005).  Alfredo Jaar: the fire this time. Public interventions 1979-2005. Milano : Charta, p. 150
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[1] http://plepuc.org/fr/node/1271
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/Alfredi Jaar_0.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/fr/biblio/1239
[4] http://www.alfredojaar.net/
[5] http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/119
[6] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[7] http://plepuc.org/fr/print/1271
[8] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/it-is-difficult