‘Nigel and Chris’ by Jack Strange
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Robin Waart
‘745’ (2008) by Robin Waart.
All the exclamation marks (745) removed from a single copy of “Donald Duck”‘s weekly magazine.
‘Tien boeken (Ik hou van je)’ (2006) by Robin Waart.
A collection of ten books whose “publisher’s logo’s” form the Dutch ten letter sentence “Ik hou van je” – I love you.
(also see Nina Katchadourian)
Christian Capurro
‘Another Misspent Portrait of Etienne de Silhouette‘ (1999 – 2004) by Christian Capurro.
Christian Capurro asked anonymous people to erase a page from a 246-page issue of Vogue Hommes magazine from 1986. They were also asked to write in pencil on their erased page both the time it took them to do this and whatever monetary value they currently received at work for their time, translated into an hourly rate or rates. The erasing took 5 years to complete and involved over 250 people.
Maria Anwander
Erased Pictures from Flash Art Nr.259 (2008) by Maria Anwander
The information from the pictures erased from an art magazine (flash art nr. 259) is saved in the crumbs of the eraser. Each picture is packed in a plastic bag numbered with the page belonging to it. The viewer can only imagine what pictures were shown by reading the text.
Pierre Bismuth
‘Collage for men (Morena)’ (2002)
‘Collage for men (Claudia)’ (2002) by Pierre Bismuth.
In ‘Collages for Men’, Bismuth has re-clothed pictures of naked women from pornographic magazines, by cutting white paper in the shape of clothes to fit over their bodies.
