Veil of Invisibility
2011 – present


Acrylic paint on postcards purchased from art institiutions.
Dimensions variable.

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My intervention on these postcards consists in covering the artistic object reproduced on the image – whether is a sculpture; a performance; an installation... – with a veil of paint that represents what is behind it.

The layer of paint transforms the image of the mechanically reproduced artwork back into a unique object.

Through this gesture, I reflect on the processes of attribution of value and visibility in the art system, as well as questioning the authorship and ownership of these images.



Credits:

Installation detail of the exhibition The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation (West Sussex, 2017).
Installation details of the exhibition IN QUOTES, Gerald Moore Gallery (London, 2018). 
Veil of Invisibility – Conical Intersect (2019) 10,5 x 14,8 cm. © SKD, Kupferstich-Kabinett / Image: Caterina Micksch.
Veil of Invisibility – Untitled (Leg) (2015) 10,5 x 14,8 cm. Image. Peter White.
General installation views of the exhibition Postkartenkilometer. Artists postcards in Europe from 1960 to today (Dresden, 2023). © SKD, Kupferstich-Kabinett / Image: Herbert Boswank.


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