Sturtevant: The Brutal Truth

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Replication of Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait with pink face, gold hair, teal and blue eyes on a purple background.

Sturtevant, WARHOL MARILYN, 1973, Synthetic Polymer silkscreen and acrylic paint on canvas, 45.7 cm x 40.6 cm, Collection of the artist, Paris

Location
Hayden, Reference, & Bakalar Galleries
Featured Artists
Sturtevant
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This is the first comprehensive museum exhibition by Paris-based, American artist Sturtevant.

Best known for her replication of works by such artists Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Andy Warhol, Sturtevant proposes a provocative expanded definition of originality, authorship, the role of the creator, and the future meaning and purpose of art.

The exhibition was originally organized by Udo Kittlemann and Mario Kramer for the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

A set of catalogues designed by the artist accompany the exhibition.

Images

Six strands of small white light bulbs hang down and lie together on the gallery floor.
Replication of Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait with pink face, gold hair, teal and blue eyes on a purple background.
Replication of Andy Warhol's iconic Flowers print with white flowers and a dark blue background.
Strands of lights hang from ceiling to floor, paintings hang on wall, a line of video monitors on floor, a view thru window.
Platform stage adorned with ball lights, a painting of a hotdog on wall, and videos playing on tv monitors in the background.
A video of a person's legs standing on a ladder in a blue hue projected in a dark gallery, with a few benches in front.
A series of lightbulb sculptures lie on pedestals, three large Warhol flower paintings hang on the wall in the background.
Strands of white lights hang from the ceiling and lie grouped together on the gallery floor, reflecting in a large window.
Male dancer on lit stage in a speedo, shoes, listening to a yellow walkman, with hot dog painting and video monitors behind.

Related Publication

Sturtevant: The Brutal Truth

2004, Hatje Cantz Verlag

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Book cover for Sturtevant: The Brutal Truth featuring a person walking on a sidewalk mid stride with their hand out in front of them wearing a baggy coat.

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