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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)



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