Martin Creed

23.11.09 by Jeff

Martin Creed

Installation by Martin Creed on the Wing Sang building here in Vancouver (Chinatown). “Everything Is Going To Be Alright”.

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Real estate mogul Bob Rennie commissioned artist Martin Creed to install his artwork as part of a restoration project. The Wing Sang building is the oldest building in Chinatown. The phrase “Everything is going to be alright” is a reference to the upcoming 2010 Olympic games and a hopeful message to the Downtown Eastside in general.

via: VancouverIsAwesome

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkrspm/ Maya

yes it is. ! =)
http://wearerooted.org H

The Museum Of Contermporary Art in Detroit had the same installation for a while: http://themicrowave.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/one-possible-future/

Hope it’s the same artist…
- http://www.jeffhamada.com/ jeffhamada
  
  it is!
  - http://wearerooted.org H
    
    Oh cool, that’s what’s up!
Lee

In Detroit after a while they changed it to “Nothing Will Be Alright”.
lapetitefaon

Really beautiful.
Rachel Gerlach

Reminds me of Jenny Holzer’s truisms.
Smitty

I live almost directly across from this, and first noticed it after a particularly rough day. Sometimes Vancouver gives back in unexpected ways.
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Amazing Wish I could see this in person!
Joel

Awesome! I’ll have to swing by some time…
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THIS IS 100% been done! DETROIT Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit had this first by Martin Creed. Then It got changed to Nothing will be alright! think about it.
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  Edit somebody already posted it. I just Lol’d
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This installation is discussed in the context of who Bob Rennie is in Vancouver, and how he himself sees the piece, here:
http://tinyurl.com/yg2vcyt

The piece may well end up becoming the ultimate ironic slogan for the Vancouver real estate market, which is currently in a bubble and overvalued more than almost any real estate anywhere else on the globe.
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Great picture!love it!