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icône image/jpegSource: The Billboard Art Series (1992). Public Art Exhibition, Vancouver : l’Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association [2]
Location:
Vancouver SkyTrain, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Leung, Helen
Text author(s): 
Leung, Helen
Installation year: 
1992
Remarks on location: 
Platforms of stations, advertising boxes
Description: 

Photographic image placed in a billboard

Remarques sur l'image: 
View of the installation
Text of the artwork: 

My father took this
Photo of my
grandfather’s […]
In Hong Kong
Before coming to
Canada. I’ll get to
take one of his.

Text theme: 
Family history
Artwork theme: 
Loss of cultural identity
History: 
The Billboard Series Art: Public Art Exhibition, organized by the Active ARTIFACTS Cultural Association (coordinator: Don Murray; commissioners: Melinda Mollineaux and Marianne Nicholson) by BC Transit Vancouver Regional Transit System. Box Subsequent Event Artropolis 93 (1993) in Vancouver.
January 9 to July 8, 1992
Event date(s): 
1992
Note(s): 

THE BILLBOARD ART SERIES is a public art exhibition which features the original works of 15 Canadian artists and reflects the concerns, aspirations and traditions of a culturally diverse society. The series follows on the success of two previous public art exhibitions hosted by BC Transit – TRANSPOSITIONS in 1990 and ARTROPOLIS in 1991. There are a total of 15 works, 5 of which are featured each month at 2 different stations.

Source: 
2. BC Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System (Corporate Office) 520 Gorge Road East Victoria, BC, V8W 2P3 Phone: 250-385-2551 (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Fax: 250-995-5639 TransLink Head Office Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 1600 - 4720 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2 (604) 453-4500 SkyTrain Head Office 6800 14th Ave Burnaby, BC V3N 4S7 T: 604.520.3641
Document(s): 
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
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The Billboard Art Series
Ballerone, J. J. (1992).  The Billboard Art Series. Vancouver : Transit, Vancouver Regional Transit System,
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[1] http://plepuc.org/fr/node/1460
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/sans titre leung.jpg
[3] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[4] http://plepuc.org/fr/print/1460
[5] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/sans-titre-18