It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
2015 – present
Archival ink paint on couché paper.
Dimensions variable
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This series of drawings features the names of artists and commercial galleries, or art institutions, extracted from full-page advertisements in contemporary art magazines. Highlighted with a black pen on glossy paper, the original size of each magazine page is maintained, while all other content remains in white.
This graphic work emphasizes the relationship between artists and galleries or museums as seen in internationally circulated art magazines. It aims to explore how these powerful brand associations – the names of artists, galleries, and institutions – influence the perception of value in the contemporary art world.
Over time, this work has evolved into a chronicle of the history of exhibitions and the visibility of artists within the global art scene.
Credits:
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Rodin– Gagosian Gallery (ARTFORUM, February 2011) (2016) 26,8 x 26,8 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Sterling Ruby - Hauser & Wirth (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015). 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Jim Lambie - Sadie Coles HQ (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Liam Gillick, Ceal Floyer, Karen Sander - Esther Schipper (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ George Henry Longly - Jonathan Viner (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Mariana Castillo Deball - Kurimanzutto (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Pedro Reyes - Lisson Gallery (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
Images: John Forest.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Rothko– PACE (ArtReview, November 2016) (2016) 29,8 x 22,29 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Marcel Duchamp - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (ArtReview, November 2016) (2015) 29,8 x 22,29 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Rodin– Gagosian Gallery (ARTFORUM, February 2011) (2016) 26,8 x 26,8 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Sterling Ruby - Hauser & Wirth (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015). 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Jim Lambie - Sadie Coles HQ (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Liam Gillick, Ceal Floyer, Karen Sander - Esther Schipper (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ George Henry Longly - Jonathan Viner (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Mariana Castillo Deball - Kurimanzutto (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Pedro Reyes - Lisson Gallery (MOUSSE, #44, Summer 2014) (2015) 37 x 26 cm.
Images: John Forest.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Rothko– PACE (ArtReview, November 2016) (2016) 29,8 x 22,29 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Marcel Duchamp - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (ArtReview, November 2016) (2015) 29,8 x 22,29 cm.
