Penetration (artistic)

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A Penetration is an artist's act of placing an artwork within another artist's already existing exhibition. A Penetration is done by an artist wanting to express pertinent and relevant thoughts. He/she contacts a colleague and asks for a space to exhibit in. The Penetration is a solution to avoid the lateness of bureaucratic art institutions, by circulating space between the actors – artist to artist.

A Penetration is not only meant as a shortcut, but also a beneficial collaboration. Through the Penetration artworks are integrated into each other and therefore communicate. It is meant as a positive reciprocal act when artist rely on each other to make art.

[edit] Known penetrations

• Thierry Geoffroy is a well-known French-Danish penetration artist. He has made successful penetrations at the Athens Biennial (Emergency Room) and at Istanbul and Venice Biennial (Biennialist).

[edit] External links

• The Penetration project Biennalist
• Thierry Geoffroy on penetrations