Highway 86 Art

Last updated April 07, 2019

The Highway 86 art installation was a 217-metre long absurdist highway created for Expo 86 by James Wines and SITE.^[1]^[2]

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Highway 86 did not survive beyond the life of the fair. James Wines had tried to raise $1 million to have the road's 200 vehicles cast in solid metal in order to preserve them, but by November 1986, the Disposal Division of Expo 86 sold the vehicles for a total of $70,000.^[2]

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[1] "Highway '86 Processional".

[Canadian_Art,_Spring_1987-2] 1 2 "Canadian Art, Spring 1987 by Daniel Wood".