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"In the latest instalment of the Ladies Lounge saga at Hobart’s Museum of Old
and New Art (MONA), curator Kirsha Kaechele has revealed she faked a number of
Pablo Picasso paintings hanging in the gallery’s new ladies toilets,
established in response to the forced closure of the Ladies Lounge earlier this
year.
This entire saga is perhaps the most effective piece of performance art I’ve
seen since Yoko Ono’s
Cut Piece of 1964 – a work hailed as being the Titanic
of performance pieces. In it, Ono sits, as members of the public are invited to
approach and cut off pieces of her clothes.
As was the case with
Cut Piece, the public’s reaction to Kaechele has been
intense. Unlike Ono, however, Kaechele’s performance has lasted for months and
has engaged and scandalised many more people, garnering worldwide attention."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
