bazaar (provisional legend)
a vacant bazaar (provisional legend), 1999-2010
installation of eight+ magazines erased with erasings
variable dimensions
a vacant bazaar (provisional legend)
This work consists of eight+ magazines that have been (almost) completely erased over the last decade: rubbed out with an eraser by hand by the artist (as distinct from the Another Misspent Portrait of Etienne de Silhouette project where the erasing was undertaken only by people other than the artist). The publications are an assortment of fashion and lifestyle magazines, including Vogue, Marie Claire, Harper’s etc, that date from 1996-1997. Post-erasure, all that remains in each of these different magazines is the same partially erased double page advertisement detail, plus incidentals like page numbering. With one exception, their covers also remain intact.
Each magazine has its own substantial pile of rubber erasings that were cast-off in the process of its erasure. These gleanings are the magazines' insides-out, so to speak. In a couple of instances part, or all, of the erasings from a magazine have been kept separate in distinct page-piles.
The large-scale installation of a vacant bazaar..., which includes all the magazines, the masses of their erasings, plus supports, is expected to be versatile in its configuration. As yet unshown in any form, it will be available for exhibition in its entirety from 2010.
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