Test Pattern: T.V. Dinner Plates from the Miss General Idea Pavillion General Idea
December 3—8, 2019
Meridians, Art Basel Miami Beach

Test Pattern: T.V. Dinner Plates from the Miss General Idea Pavillion General Idea

General Idea Test Pattern: T.V. Dinner Plates from the Miss General Idea Pavillion, 1988 432 hand-painted porcelain sushi plates assembled into 3 panels of 144 plates each 22,5 x 30 x 1,5 cm (each plate) 274,3 x 365,8 x 1,5 cm (each panel) Overall installation: 2,75 x 12,8 m Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Press Release

Amongst the first artists to implement media critique and queer theory in their work, AA Bronson, Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal came together in 1969 to form the collaborative General Idea. For twenty-five years, they created a pioneering and singular body of work that addressed the intersection of art and commerce, the role of the artist and the museum, body politics and the AIDS crisis. Using strategies of appropriation, audience participation, humor and irony, they...
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