Art Removal

ERASING THE MEMORIAL
Performance, Video Installation, Art Removal Taskforce, Union of Bulgarian Artists, February 2009

So far Brigada has completed one Art Removal Project in Bulgaria. The project consisted of erasing a photograph of the Soviet Army Monument. The projects intent was to satirize censorship. I find it ironic that during Soviet times Socialist Realism was the accepted art and most others were censored. In this case a piece of Socialist Realism art is getting censored.

The idea for Art Removal came from an experience with censorship I had in the US. It stemmed from indignation by shop owners regarding street art a group of my students created to help homeless people. In response to the negative reaction we created the Art Removal Taskforce. The Taskforce is a satirical representation of agents of censorship. Art has been a powerful propaganda tool for many centuries. The removal of art has also been a powerful way for various interests to assert themselves and squash dissent and varying opinions on their rule. For instance, Hitler instigated infamous book burnings. He censored, banned and held exhibitions of Degenerative Art, which he considered most modern art of his age. Likewise, despite worldwide protest the Buddha statues of Bamiyan province, Afghanistan were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 as they were considered idols.

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Art Removal taskforce flyer, February, 2009