Flyer for Carrión’s installation at the Drents Museum: “De Diefstal van het Jaar, 3 t/m...
Coated paper with black & white illus. Assen, Netherlands: 1982.
The rare promotional poster for one of Ulises Carrión’s experimental public installations; the present copy is in particularly fine condition and has not been folded or creased. Entitled The Robbery of the Year, this exhibition was designed by the artist as a test of visitors’ self-restraint. A large diamond was placed on a cushion, without any enclosure but with a single spotlight trained on it, in an otherwise dark room. Visitors were invited to enter the room while a photographer took pictures of the space and the visitors. An expected... More