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All these artists (linked) are connected to the work I've been doing at the Museum of New Art (MONA) for the last 10 years.

The double or doppelganger appears as a leitmotif throughout Bourgeau's art. It is present as both a structural and metaphoric device through which he articulates the condition of doubling that is so essential to his work. So, while Bourgeau never includes his "own" images, he is everywhere. It is an example of the artist inserting himself into an exhibition via the guise of someone else, a performative transvestism that allows him to both expand upon and deflect the notion of a unitary self. It is no surprise, therefore, that Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol form the conceptual core of the exhibition — both of these artists fashioned elaborate public personae, which, one can argue, were as much a part of their art as their actual art objects.

The MONA is in and of itself a work of art in which Bourgeau conflates the egotistical search for perpetual recognition and the anxiety one experiences about the transience of life, suggesting that together they form the impulse behind artistic creativity. - Jane Speaks


thomas baedeker
hanne bloot
jef bourgeau
billy conklin
stig eklund
jan de groot
michael koenig
nobu matsui
riso mattner
taki murakishi
martin pottinger
kenzu nagawa
meg reardon
karl strumpf
missy wiggins