'' VIVA LO GRAN CALAMAR ! | A history of performance art on the Riviera from 1951 until now

VIVA LO GRAN CALAMAR !

Version de carriera / street version
Creator: 
Thierry Lagalla
Performer: 
Thierry Lagalla
Occurence: 
Objets: 

Linogravure du GRAN CALAMAR

Technique description référence: 
Linogravure du GRAN CALAMAR
Thierry Lagalla | trace de la performance "VIVA LO GRAN CALAMAR !", 1998 | © Thierry Lagalla | courtesy de l'artiste
Description: 
Linocut with acrylic on a booklet of wallpaper samples and other support offered by the passers-by. The time for the etching enables me to start my gab celebrating LO GRAN CALAMAR*
*When we compare the curve about the presence of tourists on the Riviera to that about the presence of the calamari, we can observe that they are completely opposite. Thus, the more calamari, the fewer tourists.

To implore the GRAN CALAMAR, in order to divert our city from its morbid Riviera destiny, from its confinement to postcard, transforming the locations into décor and any cultures into tacky folklore.
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