Adrian Piper

b.1948 New York, USA. Lives and works in Berlin

Catalysis III

1970, street performance, New York city

 

Adrian Piper “Catalysis III” In 1970, Adrian Piper covered her shirt with white paint, wrote “wet paint” on the front in black, and walked around New York City. Only Documentary photographs of this public performance remain.

Piper’s work examines ways in which race, gender and identity are treated in public. By designating a difference or an abnormality from others, by positioning herself as something that should be avoided, Piper provokes a response from the public and examines ways in which interactions with other people can define who we are.
 
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Art as Art project

Established 2007 Melbourne, Australia

Wet Paint T-Shirt ©

2007, Paint, T-Shirt and cardboard

50 x 30 cm
 

In 2007, Art as Art project responded to the Adrian Piper ‘Catalysis III’ by producing a glossy screenprinted T-Shirt with “WET PAINT”.  The T-Shirt is a celebration of Piper and offers everyone their own personal performance of how the public reacts and interacts. 

 
 
 
 
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