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 galleries or institutions extracted from full-page advertisements in contemporary art magazines. Highlighted with a black marker on coated paper, the names retain the original size of each magazine page while the rest of the content is left blank. The work foregrounds the relationship between artists, galleries, and institutions within the international art circuit, exploring how these brand associations shape perceptions of value. Over time, the series becomes a chronicle of exhibition histories and of artists’ visibility within the global art scene.
Credits:
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)/ Allan Sekula - Johann Jacobs Museum (ARTFORUM) (2015)
26,8 x 26,8 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Richard Serra – Qatar Museums Authority (ARTFORUM, April 2014) (2016) 26,8 x 26,8 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Roni Horn - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Frieze Magazine, Jun., Jul., Aug. 2024) (2024) 30 x 21 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Lynda Benglis - Cheim & Read (Frieze Magazine, Oct. 2020) (2020) 30 x 21 cm.
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)/ Allan Sekula - Johann Jacobs Museum (ARTFORUM) (2015)
26,8 x 26,8 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Richard Serra – Qatar Museums Authority (ARTFORUM, April 2014) (2016) 26,8 x 26,8 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Roni Horn - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Frieze Magazine, Jun., Jul., Aug. 2024) (2024) 30 x 21 cm.
It Don´t Mean a Thing (If it Ain´t Got That Swing)/ Lynda Benglis - Cheim & Read (Frieze Magazine, Oct. 2020) (2020) 30 x 21 cm.