Veil of Invisibility
2011 - presentAcrylic paint on museum postcards,
dimensions variable
[The British Museum Collection - Prints and Drawings]
My intervention on these museum postcards consists in covering the artistic object reproduced on the postcard 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 in the art system, as well as on the authorship and ownership of these images.
CREDITS:
Installation view of The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation (Sussex, UK, 2017)
Untitled Leg (2015) 14,8 x 10,5 cm.
Installation view of Latencia subvertida, Espacio Violenta (Guayaquil, Ecuardor, 2017) © Ricardo Bohórquez
, DAVID´ (2015) 14,5 x 10,5 cm.
Installation views of In Quotes, Gerald Moore Gallery (London, UK, 2018)
Installation view of The Word Transformed, Open Studio (Madrid, Spain, 2013) © Oak Taylor-Smith
Installation view of The World Exists To Be Put on a Postcard: Artists' postcards from 1960 to Now. The British Museum (London, UK, 2019)
Installation view of The Sleeping Procession, CASS Sculpture Foundation (Sussex, UK, 2017)
Untitled Leg (2015) 14,8 x 10,5 cm.
Installation view of Latencia subvertida, Espacio Violenta (Guayaquil, Ecuardor, 2017) © Ricardo Bohórquez
, DAVID´ (2015) 14,5 x 10,5 cm.
Installation views of In Quotes, Gerald Moore Gallery (London, UK, 2018)
Installation view of The Word Transformed, Open Studio (Madrid, Spain, 2013) © Oak Taylor-Smith
Installation view of The World Exists To Be Put on a Postcard: Artists' postcards from 1960 to Now. The British Museum (London, UK, 2019)