Slog
News & ArtsWednesday, January 9, 2013
Visual Art The Disappearing Art Case Is Kind of Solved
Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:21 PM
In the case of the missing Annette Messager installation I wrote about the other day, where there's suddenly a blank wall in the Elles exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, museum spokesperson Cara Egan has responded: "I can only confirm that the work was accidentally damaged and removed for conservation. While it will not be back on view before we close the show on Sunday, the piece will be okay."
The piece was Les Piques (1992-1993). Various objects, like dolls and framed photographs, were stuffed inside women's black stockings and impaled on stakes that leaned against the wall forming a psychologically charged forest. Messager has said:
I wanted an opacity which conveyed terror, such as the masks that criminals pull over their faces, or policemen.
I wouldn't be surprised if the person who damaged it—word on the street says it was someone from maintenance—was at least a little bit afraid of it. Poor janitor!
Advertisement
Most Commented on Slog
-
It's Spring! Who's Ready for Street Harassment? by Cienna Madrid
-
New Gun Enthusiast... by Dan Savage
-
SL Letter of the Day: Gonna Boil My Laptop After Answering This One by Dan Savage
-
America Doesn't Care About Black People by Charles Mudede
-
Bigot Florist Files Countersuit by Dominic Holden
-
Slog Super Poll: Who Should Be Mayor? by Dominic Holden
-
Tim Burgess Quits the Mayor's Race by Dominic Holden
-
Meanwhile in Toronto by Dan Savage
-
In Which I Do Not Declare My Candidacy for Seattle City Council by Goldy
-
Slog Overnight by Dan Savage
Stranger Personals
The Stranger
RSSSeattle Art & Performance Quarterly
A complete guide to Seattle's current art, film, dance, and theater season.
Facebook
Twitter
Comments (0)