Popular Tags

D*Face vs. Chapman Brothers

Wenn wir schon beim Thema Plagiate sind. Hier noch ein ganz aktueller Fall: Mainstream-Künstler klauen Idee eines Underground-Künstlers. Die Frieze Art Fair ist nach der Art Basel Miami wohl der grösste Kunst-Rummelplatz der Welt. Viel Geld, wenig Ideen, viel High-Society und viel (kalkulierte) Provokation. “Jahrmarktartig geht es weiter, am Stand von Jay Jopling/White Cube, wo die Gebrüder Chapman Geldscheine ab 20 Pfund Nennwert mit launigen Zeichnungen versehen. Weil die Aktion kostenlos ist, sind zwei Stunden Wartezeit das Minimum, die meisten stehen vier Stunden an.” (*)

Mal wieder eine nette Idee, keine Frage. Aber neu? Nein! Street Artist D*Face hat bereits vor knapp zwei Jahren die Queen als Totenkopf auf Geldscheine gemalt. “So when I saw the Chapman brothers (those Brit artists who have been sleeping on their hands since the 90′s) dead Queen that they were ‘attempting’ to draw at Frieze Art Fair, I thought WTF I recognise that idea… and from the stream of emails I had from people noticing the same ‘similarity’ it became apparent I wasn’t alone in my thinking. I never claimed ownership for drawing on bank notes, but drawing on bank notes and drawing the Queen dead is two seperate things. It doesn’t help that 2 years ago I pasted a 5ft dead Queen poster on the end of Fournier Street, (where she still remains today) where I later found out they live, apparently though they never saw this, which only confirms my theory that they must be walking around with their eyes closed. The Independent Newspaper cover the story today. I’ll let you decide…”, schrieb D*Face heute auf seiner Webseite. Mehr: Independet-Artikel

Comments

2 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.
  1. NaRC,

    Hold thight D Face..I do like your work..
    Saw your in Brighton..Sith happens

  2. mel,

    What’s your role in existentialism

Add Your Comments

Disclaimer
Your email is never published nor shared.
Required
Required
Tips

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <ol> <ul> <li> <strong>

Ready?