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Does Parody Strengthen the Original Work: Carl Andre vs Jordan McKenzie

March 5, 2014 by Glenn Weiss

ysp-2  When the silly artist makes childish fun of a great artist, does it strengthen the memories and thoughts regarding the great artist?    In summer 2013, Jordan McKenzie’s performance Carl An(t)dre introduced 20 young people dressed as ants, accompanied by a marching band, promenading through Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s historic landscape creating structures inspired by Carl Andre’s infamous brick art work Equivalent VIII (1966).  Jordan McKenzie

Carl Andre, Equivalent VIII (1966)

Carl Andre, Equivalent VIII (1966)

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