Giving Notice: Words on Walls

Who hasn't dreamed of telling the boss 'up yours!' then up and walking out to enjoy the summer off? Give notice? Bah! Those close to fulfilling the wish may take inspiration from the artists in Giving Notice: Words on Walls. They counter conventions by placing "hand-painted letters or custom-cut vinyl, apply[ing] font-based words, phrases and sentences directly onto gallery walls; in effect, these artists borrow the walls as public tablets to write on," reads Dalhousie Art Gallery's website. The group includes Cathy Busby and poet Christian Bök and "play[s] with the 'authority' of the gallery and the written word while exploring the relationship between visual art and language." –Sean Flinn