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In today's world, where Heat replaces Warhol and the term celebrity is used a little too liberally, artists have a brand new seam of postmodern personality to mine. So Gavin Turk becomes Sid Vicious, Marcus Harvey's 'Myra' plays with notions of notoriety, and Tracy Emin transforms herself an art-sleb and becomes her own favourite subject. The latest example though, a project entitled 'Have you seen HIM' by artist Robert Gordon McHarg III, takes the concept of art celebrity right through the looking glass and back again. Take trip down to a certain Edgware Road underpass
right now and you'll find McHargh's 'Black Wall' depicting dozens of
portraits of YBA patron Charles Saatchi in various guises including
a Mexican wrestler, a mouseketeer and even Saddam Hussein (complete
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We're not sure what it means, so we'll just take McHargh's word for it when he calls the project a "David and Goliath battle over power and punch lines". Plus old Charlie looks pretty funny in a pair of mouse ears. Wonder if Nigella's seen it? The Black
Wall presents Have You Seen Him? |
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