AA Bronson:we are the revolution As part of our grand opening event on Saturday, November 6, 2010, Plug In ICA and AA Bronson present a new series of life- size self-portraits, over-sized silkscreen prints based on his collaborative project “Invocation of the Queer Spirits.” The work refers to the Joseph Beuys self- portrait of 1972, “La rivoluzione siamo Noi.” Like Beuys, Bronson inhabits the multiple personaes of artist, educator, activist, and shaman to challenge the dominance of the marketplace in a consumerist society. In uenced in the late 60s by Beuys’ prodigious output of low-cost multiples and his performative and often collaborative approach to making art, AA Bronson went on to found General Idea with his collaborators Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal in 1969. They worked and lived together for 25 years until his partners’ death in 1994. Bronson now lives in New York City, where he is the President of Printed Matter, Inc. and the Artistic Director of the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary. “We are the revolution” presents an image of Bronson photographed by Winnipeg lm-maker and Plug In President Noam Gonick moments before the performance began. The prints are applied with diamond dust. The portraits are presented in Plug In ICA’s new galleries, so that Bronson is in fact standing in almost the exact location where the photograph was originally taken. Event Dates November 10 - December 19, 2010 Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Address Organization: Plug InInstitute of Contemporary Art ICA Plug In Institute, Unit 1 - 460 Portage Avenue Hours Opening reception:Saturday, November 6 @ 7pm.Gallery hours:Wednesday - Saturday @ 12noon - 9pm, Sunday @ 12noon - 6pm. Accessibility Yes Contact Information Phone: 204.942.1043 Ticket Information Free admission Back.
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460 Portage Avenue @t union theological seminary, felix partz, aa bronson