by Pablo | Jun 2, 2009 | Art Texts, Artists, Blogt
In an article about Giò Marconi fabulous gallery space and artists, I read these lines on Stefano Arienti defacing a portrait of Marilyn Monroe with a eraser, it facinated me and I had to share it: “A magnificent Marilyn poster is violated by Stefano Arienti’s...
by Pablo | May 24, 2009 | Blogt, Podcast
Here is a small clip from the exhibition Portraits d’Amies at the opening reception on September 11th 2008. [podcast format=”video”]http://www.pablogt.com/podcasts/HeekyungdeRaucourt.m4v[/podcast] Video by Françoise Ellong & David...
by Pablo | May 23, 2009 | Artists, Blogt, Photos
Wang Du’s International Kebab, a rotating installation where the public is invited to attack the art work with a bread cutting knife falls in the Defacing movement that I keep referencing in this blog. Can anybody else see it happening? More on Wang Du at La...
by Pablo | May 23, 2009 | Artists, Blogt
Check out some of the pictures on this visit to La Force de L’art 02, 2009 at Le Grand Palais of Paris.
by Pablo | May 9, 2009 | Art Texts, Artists, Blogt
Pierre Bismuth does some defacing too: “For his ongoing series, Following the right hand, Pierre Bismuth does just that. He projects a feature film onto a sheet of Plexiglas and painstakingly follows the movements of the lead actress’ right hand with a black...