J.H. The Art System

Copyright artist(s) and courtesy argos

Artist(s)

Year

2004

Duration

00:02:39

Installation

Original format

miniDV

Color

col.

Color system

PAL

Availability

Collection

’J.H. The Art System’ is an edited photo series of a performance by Vergara, disguised as Jan Hoet, when he was celebrated as a retiring director during the five-year anniversary celebrations of SMAK, the City Museum for Contemporary Arts in Ghent. Among the prominent crowd of curators, museum directors, culture ministers and artists he assumes the appearance of the icon-turned-caricature, pointing out the absurdity and emptiness of the etiquette and codes of the arts system.