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There is a Criminal Touch to Art, 1976
Loaned to
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
Description
film stills from the Berlin Action series b/w p.c. prints, framed; 17 hand coloured prints (20.47 x 28.34 inches/each) + 1 (21.26 x 28.34 inches/each)
Dimensions
Dimensione variabile
No. Elements
18
Object Type
stampa
Credits
© Ulay - Courtesy Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino foto di Artissima 2013 - Proprietà della Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT
The Artist
Known most of all for his artistic and sentimental link to Marina Abramović, with whom from 1976 to 1988 he produced works of great importance in the history of performance, Ulay started out in the field of photography at the end of the 1960s. After leaving Germany for Amsterdam, he was included in Polaroid’s support programme for artists, and obtained a free supply of devices and film in exchange for scenes of urban life for the company collection. However, the instant and DIY development process allowed him absolute freedom to experiment with more private and provocative images in which very often he would be portrayed in positions of self-harm. [...]
Castello di Rivoli
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
Piazza Mafalda di Savoia
10098 Rivoli (Torino)
