Antoni Muntadas Ordeal of Picasso's Heirs. The New York Times Magazine. April 20, 198O, 2012
DVD stored in a handmade box lined with Frankonia and black velvet
Silkscreen print and magnetic closure, box: 10.47 x 7.28 x 1.96 in
Photograph reworked by the artist and burned on DVD at a resolution of 575 MB,
allowing a maximum print size of 157,48 x 144,09 in
Limited edition of 9 copies and 1 artist's proof
The box is numbered and signed by the artist, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
The work is based entirely on the illustration of a newspaper article with a suggestive title: Ordeal of Picasso's heirs. The photograph was published in The New York Time Magazine on 20 April 1980. Muntadas is concerned here with the right to the image mixed with that of the author, producing a work based entirely on reproduction. The photograph is marketed by the artist with a certificate of authenticity. Muntadas has chosen to distribute it not as a print but as a digital file recorded on DVD. This makes it infinitely reproducible, right up to imposing dimensions, making it possible to produce a 4-metre-wide wall paper from the source image.
19.69 x 9.06 x 1.57 in ( 50 x 23 x 4 cm )
Each 23.62 x 23.62 in
Each 15.75 x 23.62 in
Each 15.75 x 23.62 in
27.56 x 39.37 in ( 70 x 100 cm )
Each 12.99 x 11.81 in
Each 15.75 x 23.62 in