Auction Painting
Performance. Part of the "Christmas Palm" exhibition, Berlin, 2009
I put a blank canvas on an easel. The image of the canvas was originally projected on the canvas. As the audience bid for the ‘painting’ before it was painted, they could specify not only the price, but also what they wished me to paint. They could also bid the price either up or down. As a bid was made, the bidding information was projected onto the canvas. As the price went up and down, it appeared in the end that it was impossible to put a price on a work of art.