VANITY FAIR

July 7, 2010

 

ARTE SI METTE DI PROFILO

Quando sei un artista, anche il tuo profilo Facebook finisce in mostra. E' quello che hanno pensato al Detroit Museum Of New Art (MONA) dove, fino al 24 luglio, si può visitare The Facebook Show, un'esibizione, curata da Jef Bourgeau, delle foto dei profili di 180 artisti. Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Matthew Barney (e sei italiani, tra cui Maurizio Cattelan) hanno donato l'immagine che li rappresenta sul social network.

C'è chi ha scelto di mostrarsi come un angelo medievale, chi con un Kalashnikov in mano. << Ormai tutto il mondo dell'arte contemporanea è su Facebook >> dice Bourgeau, direttore del Mona. << E' incredibile la qualità e la creatività che c'è nelle immagini dei loro profili >>.

     
 

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ART GETS ITS OWN PROFILE

Warning! When you're an artist, suddenly your Facebook portrait ends up in an art exhibition. That's what has happened at the Detroit Museum Of New Art (MONA) where, until July 24, it is possible to visit The Facebook Show curated by the museum’s director Jef Bourgeau, including photographs of 160 artists, famous and those soon-to-be. Artists such as Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Matthew Barney (as well as six Italians, including Maurizio Cattelan, Antonio Sassu, Dido Fontana, Marco Coraggio) have loaned their unique self-portraits that represent them on this important social network. There is Jack Summers who has chosen to show himself as a medieval angel, and Dorota Coy who brandishes a Kalashnikov rifle in her hand.

"Today, all of contemporary art is on Facebook," says Bourgeau, director of MONA. "It's amazing the quality and creativity that is found in their profile portraits. Or, maybe it should only be expected."

WARNING! The Really Big Facebook Show is coming to the Museum of New Art (MONA) starting October 2, 2010 - including a catalog, THE FACEBOOK CODEX.

(www.detroitmona.com)