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Artist / Maker : |
Gomes, Karen
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Title : |
Salmon Run
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Date (Execution) : |
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Geographical Origin : |
Canada
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Cultural Group : |
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Style / Period : |
Contemporary 1950 -
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Medium / Material : |
Fibre, Nylon
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Support / Technique : |
Sewn; Collage
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Object Type : |
collages (visual works)
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Visual Description : |
Nylon banner: yellow and beige sky brown mountains; blue water with red and gold fish.
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Accession # : |
U982.17.3
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Width (cm) : |
4.22
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Height (cm) : |
4.41
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Depth (cm) : |
0.00
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Mandatory Credit : |
Gift of Public Works Canada
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Artist Statement :
Through "The Salmon Run", I wanted to show the struggles of nature (as well as Man's). The inevitability of their struggle upstream to places of birth to spawn and die.
To help create this effect I had the banners themselves run upstream.
I also kept it simple for impact.
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