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Reminds me of the cleaning lady who tossed an installation in the trash because she mistook it for garbage. [1] Apparently, they were able to re-create the inst
by rootlocus 9y ago
Reminds me of the cleaning lady who tossed an installation in the trash because she mistook it for garbage. [1] Apparently, they were able to re-create the installation before the trash was taken out, but I believe leaving it would've sent a stronger message.
[1] https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/8qkvab/a-janitor-threw-away-a-boozy-art-exhibit-thinking-it-was-trash https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/8qkvab/a-janitor-thr...
- coldtea 9y agoDadaists and Surrealists would have argued that the cleaning lady did an an even better aesthetic gesture than the original artist by throwing the installation to the garbage...
- RUG3Y 9y agoThe cleaning lady was actually just a performance artist.
- germanier 9y agoHappens surprisingly (or rather unsurprisingly) often. This article http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-01-06/entertainment/0201060320_1_art-gallery-college-of-art-exhibition/2 http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2002-01-06/entertainment/02... has a few more examples, including Joseph Beuys, who's work had been destroyed countless times. Many cases ended up in court. A baby bathtub of him filled with what looked like trash was scrubbed by politicians who partied in the museum and then used it to cool their beer and clean their glasses. The artist was not amused.
- panic 9y agoIt can go the other way, too, where some object left by a visitor becomes part of the exhibit: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/pineapple-art-exhibition-scotland-robert-gordon-university-ruairi-gray-lloyd-jack-a7723516.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/pin...