Bad Dog by Richard Jackson

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Bad Dog by Richard Jackson


Recently featured at the Armory show in Manhattan, Bad Dog by Richard Jackson is one of the many pieces that had a "bite that hands that feeds" vibe.  Read why:

[It] represents a dog lifting its leg in satiny cast aluminum. The idea is that when a collector buys it and installs it
in his home, the dog will, by means of attached plumbing, spray red
paint on the proud new owner’s wall. This calls to mind that chestnut
of modernist lore, Jackson Pollack
drunkenly urinating in his patron Peggy Guggenheim’s fireplace. The
moral of the story being: artists are wild, and collectors are tame,
but not above vicariously enjoying the wildness of artists.   — via Ken Johnson, The New York Times

Hilarious.  Contact Hauser & Wirth if you're interested.

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