Part 2017.011.01 - Pickin’ Chicken 1984

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Pickin’ Chicken 1984

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CA LGIC ART-2017.011.01

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  • c. 2017 (Creation)
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    D'Atri-Karpis, Sheila
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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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2017.011.01: Painting

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Horizontal coloured ink wash painting. The top of the image has a blue sky with white clouds. In the middle of the image, is a white building. The building has two storeys and two sides are visible. The top of the building has a red stripe all the way across. On the front side, a bird sits near the left and two antennas on either side. The other side has a grey chimney reaching from the top of the first floor to the roof. The front side has two upper windows with red panels on the bottom and the other side has four windows with red panels as well. Below the windows are red overhang lights that hang over a yellow sign that stretches across both sides with the name of the restaurant and two chickens. On the other side of the building, there is a red sign with part of the restaurant name and another red sign above. On the front, there are two three-paneled windows with red frames on the first floor and on the other side, there is one three-paneled window with a white and red overhang and one one-paneled window. The other side also has two potted plants in front and a door on the edge. In front of the building are five white Volkswagen Beetles (four of which have a sign on the roof and red writing on the side) on grey pavement. To the left of the building, is a white wooden fence in front of a tree and a brown building. To the right of the building, is a set of tracks with a red and yellow streetcar coming around a curve with wires above and an electricity pole beside it. The painting is in a black frame.

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Mark / Inscription text: Pickin Chicken Bar-B-Q Pickin Chicken Bar-B-Q      
Mark / Inscription type: Painting detail      
Mark / Inscription description: Between both names, there is an image of a chicken standing upright with a cane in one hand and a top hat in the other, and it is wearing a suit jacket      
Mark / Inscription technique: Written, red ink      
Mark / Inscription position: On front, on the building      
Mark / Inscription language: English      
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A   

Mark / Inscription text: Pickin Chicken Bar-B-Q Pickin Chicken Bar-B-Q      
Mark / Inscription type: Painting detail      
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Mark / Inscription technique: Written, red ink      
Mark / Inscription position: On front, on the side of one of the cars    
Mark / Inscription language: English      
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A

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Sheila D'Atri-Karpis is an Etobicoke native who was raised in Mimico. One of her first positions was at Humber's Student Union Centre (1981 - 1984). When she returned to the area as an adult, she was distraught by the number of cherished landmarks that had disappeared. Sheila first picked up a paintbrush in 2016 shortly after a medical error left her unable to return to work. She taught herself to paint by following videos on YouTube and turned those lessons towards the memories of the former landmarks of the Lakeshore communities. Sheila takes her work beyond the brush, researching the history of each location and collecting stories from local residents.

Pickin Chicken was located at 2261 Lake Shore Blvd. W. in Mimico. The restaurant was opened in 1953 by Saul and Jerry Goldberg. It soon had two other locations. On Queen Street West at Roncesvalles and on Kingston Road. Soon seven take-out franchise operations were opened. You could have barbecued chicken as eat-in, take-out, or delivered to your home. One of their well-known Volkswagen Beetles would bring it to your door. The business ultimately went bankrupt in 1970. The Mimico location reopened as Pickin’ Chicken (without the word “BBQ”) and continued until the early 1980s when it was sold to make way for waterfront redevelopment.

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