Originally developed for the ABOUT FACE exhibition at MOMENTUM in 2012, I have applied traditional oil painting to an interactive performative practice.
Painting some of the richest and most influential art-world players of our time, I subsequently invoke the audience to break all the taboos of the relationship between audience and artwork. Giving the audience the tools to leave their mark on the paintings, I am encouraging the purest form of iconoclasm in the context of the sacred space of the museum.
The result is a series of mutilated images, reminiscent of the damaged murals and toppled statues of ousted dictators across the world.
This series of work has so far been enacted in Berlin, Jerusalem, London, Szczecin and Amsterdam, with portraits of icons of the art world site specific to each location.
Jarik Jongman (de)facing Revolt
Momentum, Berlin, 2012
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Oil, acrylic, marker pen, egg on wood panel, 80 x 80 cm.
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Charles Saatchi
Anselm Kiefer
Anish Kapoor
Jeff Koons
Tracey Emin
Larry Gagosian
Damien Hirst
Takashi Murakami
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Sir Nicholas Serota
’No Ego’, Musraramix festival, Jerusalem, 2013
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Oil, acrylic, marker pen, on wood panel, 80 x 80 cm.
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Anselm Kiefer
Charles Saatchi
Sheika Mayassa
Larry Gagosian
Jeff Koons
Momentum/WW gallery, London, 2013
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Oil, acrylic, marker pen, on wood panel, 90 x 90 cm.
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Damien Hirst
Anish Kapoor
Takashi Murakami
Charles Saatchi
Anselm Kiefer
Tracey Emin
Amanda Sharp
Jay Jopling
Larry Gagosian
Matthew Slotover
Jeff Koons
Hans Ulrich Obrist
TRAFO, Szczecin, 2013
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Oil, acrylic, marker pen, on wood panel, 80 x 80 cm
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Artur Zmijewski
Constanze Kleiner
Jonathan Meese
Jakub Kokoszka
Adam Szymczyk
Friedrich Christian Flick
Suzanne Biederberg gallery/KunstRAI Art fair, Amsterdam, 2014
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Oil, acrylic, marker pen, on wood panel, 80 x 80 cm