Provenance RUBBISH
Les Tissus Francais
17 rue du Pont aux Choux, 75003 Paris


Provenance - Moving protection blanket with card used for a 1957 Tor Hoff drawing.
Transported to and from Henie Onstad Artcenter 2012 for the MOdERNIST MACHINE Performance / talk. Blanket left in a garage in Oslo, Norway as rubbish. Reused to pose the question; does provenance have any importance? Paris 2013.

Provenance - Bubble wrap protection with collector’s name from Gallery Standard (Oslo), used for Fredrik Værslev’s Lanterne Rouge (Canopy Painting 2012). Reused by the collector who bought Værslev’s painting as protection for a borrowed 1953 Tor Hoff painting used for a performance given in connection with the MOdERNIST MACHINE HOK, Oslo. 2012. Reused to pose the question; does provenance have any importance? Paris 2013.

Provenance - McEwan’s Export can, found at Kurt Schwitters the Merz Barn / shed, Ambleside, England, 2013. Reused for the ongoing question; does provenance have any importance? Paris 2013

Provenance - Iris plants stolen from Claude Monet’s Giverny gardens, France. Replanted, Paris 2013. Reused for the ongoing question; does provenance have any importance? Paris 2013

Provenance - Iris plants stolen from Chaïm Soutine’s grave. Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France. Replanted, Paris 2013. Reused for the ongoing question; does provenance have any importance? Paris 2013

Provenance - Daffodil bulb stolen from Silvia Plath’s grave, Heptonstall, England. Replanted, Paris 2013. Reused for the ongoing question; does provenance have any importance? Paris 2013

 
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