MARION PORTEN calls JAMIKA AJALON

– Vereinigung Bildender KünstlerInnen Österreichs, VBKÖ

READY TO RUMBLE?
Jamika Ajalon / Marion Porten

An encounter in gloves. After Jamika Ajalon and Marion Porten began their work on Harriet Tubman, Ajalon asked Porten if she would re-enact the famous poster of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol together with her. They video recorded the photo shootings and rehearsals.

Jamika Ajalon: „I wanted to experiment with replicating the series of posters that announced their exhibition together, just because I always have. It has something to do with the fact that I felt as if Basquiat could have been a big brother. I identify with his work and the codes within his work. Also, I guess I was always attracted to that relationship, which somehow verged on queer ... but there was a dissonance also there ... something fabricated ... something evidently unreal.“ (...)

The posters already exist. Now a video is in progress. The idea is to collaborate in the style Basquiat and Warhol did. One started the painting and the other one painted over it.

[Quelle: Einladung]

Jamika Ajalon, Marion Porten

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2014 THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, Vereinigung Bildender KünstlerInnen Österreichs, VBKÖ, Wien