EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ART
12 DAYS 12 NIGHTS / NEW YORK
DAY TWELVE: NOV 25, 1997
THE SEIZING OF THE RED CATTLE OF GERYON
INSIDE/OUTSIDE
Photos of Pablo Picasso from an advertisment campaign of a computer firm, sand, mixed media on canvas
200 x 100 cm
MYTHOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Hercules seized the cattle which were being held by the giant Geryon in overly crowded circumstances. He drove the cattle over the Alps, and the animals were free to spread over Europe.
DAILY DIARY
The view of the street through the large gallery window was dominated by a billboard of Pablo Picasso several floors high. If you followed PicassoÕs eyes, they seemed to be looking directly at the twelvth painting. The Picasso photo was part of a large-scale advertising campaign. Two staff members of an advertising agency were permanent guests at the 12 Days 12 Nights Project in New York. They obtained photos of Picasso which Bernd Fasching stuck to the side edge of the painting.