"...reducing it to firewood shortly later"
"Visitors to the documenta exhibition in Kassel were astonished to
find a young artist painting a picture every day 3 metres by 4 in size,
only to enjoy reducing it to firewood shortly later. Was a madman at work
here, or maybe a modern Sisyphus? No, just the Berlin artist and expert
for way-out happenings Jim Avignon.
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."
Tagesspiegel
"...between cave painting, comic art and Keith Haring"
"The gaudy, colourful pictures, which belong stylistically somewhere
between cave painting, comic art and Keith Haring, are also a thorn in
the flesh of the art business because Avignon demonstratively attacks museum
art and the gallery establishment. If the public won't come to the artist,
then the artist must go to the public - that's his motto. And exhibitions
should be like pop concerts: 'It's not right that thousands of people attend
every pop concert - and that the galleries are devoid of visitors.' "
Rolling Stone
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