"Germany's craziest painter"
"Meanwhile the self-willed artist, who calls himself 'Germany's craziest painter', is considered the pioneer of a new pop art generation - his fans call him the 'Titian of techno'. At the latest Berlin Love Parade the wagon designed by him leading the parade was one of the attractions."
His latest idea, the Losers' Club,
is more provocative than ever and amounts to a sort of kamikaze exhibition.
(...) Every visitor can cut pieces out of the provided environment and
take them home. The destruction of the installation by the visitors is
intended, and in the end even the worst loser will posees an original work
by the artist and so be one of the evening's winners. Take care: don't
forget to bring your scissors."
Der Spiegel
"My art should sell like records"
"Mass-produced wares are entirely to the taste of the provocative
Avignon: 'My art should sell like records', he says, 'which everyone can
afford.' Visitors queue up to see his exhibitions. And the pictures sell
like hot cakes, especially when they're on sale at dumping prices, as recently,
for 10 marks each. The cheap-price-idea is part of Avignon's overall plan.
For him the message of art is important, not its value. 'My pictures aren't
for eternity,' he maintains. At the last documenta exhibition in Kassel
he gave free rein to the physical pleasure which he takes in destruction
by jumping every evening through the big canvases which he had painted
during the day. At present he is at work on a picture book - freely financed,
of course. And planning a world tour with two friends - a barkeeper and
a DJ."
Amica
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