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110 mins
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2008 Joseph Burke Lecture: 'It's All About You: Generosity in the Art of Harrell Fletcher' |
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Dr Alex Baker, Senior Curator Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria. |
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In a contemporary art world fixated on the artist as object-making superstar and the glamour associated with art fairs, international biennials, and mind-boggling auction figures, the artist Harrell Fletcher (based in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) turns the present state of affairs on its head. In a practice spanning over a decade now, Fletcher makes few sellable objects, shuns the well-heeled collector circuit, and eschews the cult of personality so often associated with the artist these days. Fletcher directs the spotlight away from himself by shifting attention on to the aspirations and talents of others. From siting a temporary museum focusing on local peoples’ lives in a northern California shopping mall, to working with an eight year old boy as the principle decision-maker for a work of public art created for a park in France to his collaborative web-based project with artist Miranda July, Learning to Love You More, in which they assign people various tasks for which the results are posted on the site regardless of the participant’s standing as artists (anyone who fully completes an assignment is acknowledged), Fletcher’s art is really all about you, rather than all about him.
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