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Zella 2022-08-29 12:16:33
Some freedom is always a paradox.
Artist Jeffrey Godefroi tattooed a Schengen visa on the back of a Syrian refugee, Sam Ali, and it became a priceless work of art.
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Angelita 2022-08-29 12:29:04
Art trade or human trafficking? The final interpretation right belongs to contemporary art
On November 30, 2020, at the MONA Museum of Ancient and Modern History in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, Australia, Tim has sat naked for 4,200 hours at the bottom of the mezzanine, showing his back to the visitors, a pair of which is based on the Virgin Mary. Vision center tattoo. Even on March...
Husam Chadat
The Man Who Sold His Skin quotes
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Sam Ali: Don't take it badly, ok? fuck you.
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Jeffrey Godefroi: Some pessimists rule that art is dead. Well, I think art has never been more alive than it is today. With my latest work I am exploring a new realm... we live in a very dark era where if you are Syrian, Afghan, Palestinian and so on, you are persona non grata, hmm? The walls rise. And I just made Sam a commodity, a canvas. So now he can travel around the world. Because in the times we are living, the circulation of commodities is much freer than the circulation of a human being. Thus by transforming him into some kind of merchandise, he now will be able, according to the codes of our time, to recover his humanity and his freedom. Now, that's quite a paradox, isn't it?
[laughs]
Jeffrey Godefroi: Sorry, it's not funny.
