By Elleanna Chapman
Unique
printed paper scan of bootleg custom wordmark for 'Your Disco Needs You' by Kylie Minogue, printed paper scan of Noel Burch’s 1976 essay AVANT-GARDE or VANGUARD?, as reproduced in Working Together: Notes on British Film Collectives in the 1970s by Petra Bauer and Dan Kidner (2013), sparkle modge podge, glitter effect spray, acrylic paint, spray paint, marker pen, rhinestones, glue, organza, tulle, claybord
30 × 30 × 4cm
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Lenin & Kylie: in conversation brings together two unlikely figures from revolutionary politics and popular culture. Originally exhibited alongside life-size depictions of Lenin and Kylie Minogue, the works appropriate existing cultural references: AVANT-GARDE OR VANGUARD? borrows its title from Noël Burch’s essay in Working Together (2013), questioning the divide between artistic experimentation and revolutionary politics, while YOUR CLASS WAR NEEDS YOU humorously reworks Minogue’s camp 2000 single ‘Your Disco Needs You’. Together, the slogans sustain an imagined conversation between art, pop culture and revolutionary politics, questioning their shared potential to inspire collective action.
By Elleanna Chapman
Unique
printed paper scan of bootleg custom wordmark for 'Your Disco Needs You' by Kylie Minogue, printed paper scan of Noel Burch’s 1976 essay AVANT-GARDE or VANGUARD?, as reproduced in Working Together: Notes on British Film Collectives in the 1970s by Petra Bauer and Dan Kidner (2013), sparkle modge podge, glitter effect spray, acrylic paint, spray paint, marker pen, rhinestones, glue, organza, tulle, claybord
30 × 30 × 4cm
(click image for full view)
Lenin & Kylie: in conversation brings together two unlikely figures from revolutionary politics and popular culture. Originally exhibited alongside life-size depictions of Lenin and Kylie Minogue, the works appropriate existing cultural references: AVANT-GARDE OR VANGUARD? borrows its title from Noël Burch’s essay in Working Together (2013), questioning the divide between artistic experimentation and revolutionary politics, while YOUR CLASS WAR NEEDS YOU humorously reworks Minogue’s camp 2000 single ‘Your Disco Needs You’. Together, the slogans sustain an imagined conversation between art, pop culture and revolutionary politics, questioning their shared potential to inspire collective action.
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