Francesco Vezzoli - Marlene Redux

Francesco Vezzoli (born in 1971, in Brescia, Italy) is an incredible artist. At the "Passage du Temps" exhibition in Lille 3000 - which I already mentionned here - I saw his movie "Marlene Redux" which is a fake biography of his work, like a parody of an American TV documentary. It's just amazing, the artist portrays himself as if he were dead, his friends and foes bringing their testimony while footage of archives and excerpts of his works are displayed, with an apropriate soundtrack. Between two dramatic and funny plot twists, the pop and artistic references are numerous!



The installation, on a multitude of screens, gives another depth to this fascinating work and also enables the capture of the gap between reality and fiction. This piece of work also allows us to have a glance at this artist's potential. I'll try to know more about him soon.



Unfortunatly, the video found on YouTube is a split footage of poor quality (the sound is particularly terrible).