Elena Herzog, ‘Civilization and its Discontents’ (2003)
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E-1027
Le Corbusier painting a mural on Eileen Gray‘s E-1027 house.
While staying as a guest in the house in 1938 and 1939, Le Corbusier painted bright murals on its plain white walls, sometimes while nude. Infuriated, Gray considered this a defacing of her work and deemed the murals outright vandalism.
Whether he painted his murals out of admiration for Gray’s work or out of jealousy of her accomplishment we still don’t know.
Ján Mancuška
Ján Mancuška, ‘800 Ways to Describe a Chair’ (2004)
Multiple gunshots are taken at a chair sitting against a wall. After the wall has been marked, the chair is removed, leaving its silhouette behind.
Vaast Colson
Vaast Colson, ‘Break Down the Wall’ (2006)
Colson opened up a hole in the wall between Maes & Matthijs Gallery and Stella Lohaus Gallery.