Backdrop for the Rebirth of the Collective Author
(“There’s a Whole Lot of Authorship Going On.” – Richard Prince)
2014–15 · Diptych, participatory installation, 66 × 99 in
Shown in Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism, Denny Gallery, New York, December 14, 2014 – January 25, 2015
Join me in becoming part of “a whole lot of authorship” and celebrating the rebirth of the collective author in social media. My new work incorporates the canvas piece that was on view in New Portraits organized by Richard Prince at Gagosian Gallery. The piece reproduced a photograph from Instagram of my performance piece #wishingpelt. This object has now been reappropriated into a new diptych made for you and — through social media — by you. Intended to live in Instagram, this work expands its authorship to everyone who takes an #artselfie with it as a backdrop. Each time you take an #artselfie with this work, it sends the photo back to its home in Instagram and engages you with its collective authorship. Remember, our pictures are for each other. Share.
Fader also answered Prince in print. See For Immediate Release.
Video, 3:50 min
Inkjet print on canvas, selfie stick, 66 × 99 in
Installation view, Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism, Denny Gallery, New York, 2015
Documentation
Selected press
- Querying the New Appropriation Art: Is this Cynicism?Joseph Henry, MOMUS