Move In Now, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2010
Move In Now, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2010
Before installation, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2010
Gottingen Street, Halifax, with condo promotional sign ‘Move In Now’ on vacant building, 2010
'Move In Now' sign, Gottingen Street, Halifax, 2010
Sign painting at car dealership, Robie Street, Halifax, 2010
Sign painting at car dealership, Robie Street, Halifax, 2010
Sign painting at car dealership, Almon Street, Halifax, 2010
Sign painting at car dealership, Windmill Road, Dartmouth, 2010
Move In Now, installation process, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2010
Move In Now was part of Giving Notice: Words on Walls curated by Peter Dykhuis at Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2010. I appropriated ‘Move In Now’ from a condo ad on a vacant building in North-end Halifax for the Gallery’s reading nook. This space was already outfitted with black leather-like furnishings reminiscent of a modest condo showroom suite. I commissioned a local sign-painter to render the work in the style she used for car dealership windows using the colours found in the ‘Move In Now’ sign.
Giving Notice: Words on Walls also included work by Brad Buckley, Garry Neill Kennedy, Gordon Lebredt, Micah Lexier & Christian Bök and Lawrence Weiner. A catalogue with essays by Peter Dykhuis and Jessica Wyman is available from the Gallery.
Giving Notice: Words on Walls also included work by Brad Buckley, Garry Neill Kennedy, Gordon Lebredt, Micah Lexier & Christian Bök and Lawrence Weiner. A catalogue with essays by Peter Dykhuis and Jessica Wyman is available from the Gallery.