Magic Bullet 1992 and Magic Carpet 1992
Conceived for an exhibition in New York in 1992, these artworks allude to the practice of two different postwar American artists: Dan Flavin and Andy Warhol. During the early 1990s, General Idea often made these kinds of art-historical references – homage and parody in equal measure.
Magic Carpet evokes Dan Flavin’s artworks, which are made entirely of fluorescent light fixtures. Magic Bullet references Andy Warhol’ Silver Clouds (1966) and consists of hundreds of helium-filled Mylar balloons in the shape of shiny silver pills. Over time the balloons deflate and fall to the ground, transforming a singular, sire-responsive work high against the gallery’s ceiling into hundreds of individual multiples.
Visitors are invited to take balloons that have fallen to the ground.
Magic Bullet 1992 and Magic Carpet 1992
Conceived for an exhibition in New York in 1992, these artworks allude to the practice of two different postwar American artists: Dan Flavin and Andy Warhol. During the early 1990s, General Idea often made these kinds of art-historical references – homage and parody in equal measure.
Magic Carpet evokes Dan Flavin’s artworks, which are made entirely of fluorescent light fixtures. Magic Bullet references Andy Warhol’ Silver Clouds (1966) and consists of hundreds of helium-filled Mylar balloons in the shape of shiny silver pills. Over time the balloons deflate and fall to the ground, transforming a singular, sire-responsive work high against the gallery’s ceiling into hundreds of individual multiples.
Visitors are invited to take balloons that have fallen to the ground.